Comprehensive study of the concept of love in Shakespeare's work, exploring historical contexts, theory and philosophy of love.

What is the nature of romantic love and erotic desire in Shakespeare's work? In this erudite and yet accessible study, David Schalkwyk addresses this question b

Peter Laslett's comment, in The World We Have Lost, that in the early modern period 'every relationship could be seen as a love-relationship' presents the gover

'Russ McDonald... offers an initiation into Shakespeares English.... Like a good musician leading us beyond merely humming the tunes, he helps us hear Shakespea

This book is a history of love and the challenge love offers to the laws and customs of its times and places, as told through poetry from the Song of Songs to J