William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an English dramatist, poet, and actor, generally regarded as the greatest playwright of all time. John Tobin is Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA Jesse M. Lander is Department Chair and Associate Professor at the Department of English, University of Notre Dame, USA.
This orphan, offbeat history play seldom makes it onto an undergraduate syllabus, but Lander and Tobin’s introduction makes the case for a work of addled nostalgia, incompetent governance, and broad disillusionment whose time has come. Generous base-of-the-page textual notes keep readers from losing their way amid the twists and turns of the play’s messy plot. * Studies in English Literature 1500 - 1900 *