Thomas Kullmann: William Shakespeare. Eine Einführung.

• Lukas Erne

The continuing popularity of Shakespeare guarantees that there is no shortage of introductory books about him and his works, such as, of recent date, David Bevington’s Shakespeare (2002) and Frank Kermode’s The Age of Shakespeare (2003). Thomas Kullmann’s introduction joins these predecessors but targets a more specific readership. Written in German, it chiefly addresses German-speaking students of English. Kullmann’s aim is to provide an accessible introduction to Shakespeare by relating his plays and poems to their multi-faceted literary and historical contexts, politics, society, religion, theatre, medicine, philosophy, and education.

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