''Shakespeare Quarterly'' is a
peer-reviewed
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academic journal
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established in 1950 by the Shakespeare Association of America. It is now under the auspices of the
Folger Shakespeare Library
The Folger Shakespeare Library is an independent research library on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., United States. It has the world's largest collection of the printed works of William Shakespeare, and is a primary repository for rare materia ...
. Along with book and performance criticism, ''Shakespeare Quarterly'' incorporates scholarly research and essays on
Shakespeare
William Shakespeare ( 23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's natio ...
and the age in which he worked, particularly those that explore new perspectives. It includes a special section devoted to the latest ideas in Shakespeare scholarship.
As a companion, the Folger Library also publishes the reference database ''World Shakespeare Bibliography Online'', which contains more than 125,000 annotated bibliographical references and several hundred thousand reviews.
The editor of ''Shakespeare Quarterly'' is Jeremy Lopez (
Montclair State University
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). The
World Shakespeare Bibliography is edited by Dr. Heidi Craig (
Texas A&M University
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).
See also
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Folger Shakespeare Library
The Folger Shakespeare Library is an independent research library on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., United States. It has the world's largest collection of the printed works of William Shakespeare, and is a primary repository for rare materia ...
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Shakespeare's plays
Shakespeare's plays are a canon of approximately 39 dramatic works written by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare. The exact number of plays as well as their classifications as Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy, Shakespearean histor ...
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English Renaissance theatre
The English Renaissance theatre or Elizabethan theatre was the theatre of England from 1558 to 1642. Its most prominent playwrights were William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe and Ben Jonson.
Background
The term ''English Renaissance theatr ...
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Shakespeare on screen
External links
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Academic journals established in 1950
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Shakespeare
William Shakespeare ( 23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's natio ...
1950 establishments in the United States
Folger Shakespeare Library