The Bedford Companion to Shakespeare: An Introduction with Documents Second Edition

Intelligently written, but still easily readable for college level students.Great background material for an undergraduate level course in Shakespeare.HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

Not perfect condition, but it was used before me so I'm not bothered by it. Beats buying it new and paying a fortune.

Bought it for My Shakespeare class and the only thing I wish is that it had an audiobook from audible. Why would anyone want to listen to it? Because some of us pick things up faster when we read along to audiobooks and some have a hour and a half to two hours of commute time in a car. It would be nice. Other then that it helps with my class.

I bought this as an optional text for my college Shakespeare students. It's providing them with the historical and performance history background most English majors lack, as well as a rich amount of documentary and visual detail. Highly recommended.

This book was purchased for a college class, but by the end, our class had decided this book wasn't the most helpful for studying Shakespeare. Though it became necessary to write a paper for the class, there was no other use for this. The essays didn't add to our study the way anyone felt they would. Though it's better than other companions I have seen.

Came quickly, and it's only a little rough around the edges.Note that this textbook is smaller than usual textbooks, so it's easy to travel between classes with!

Some pages stuff/discolored-no complaints-did it’s job

I really enjoy Shakespearean works so having a companion book to some of the well known works was definitely helpful. If you like Shakespeare but sometimes have a hard time understanding it, this book isn't a bad companion to choose

I really found this companion helpful and illuminating during my undergrad career at Queen's University Belfast. By providing excerpts of contemporary source material to support the information given in the various chapters, the editors have created a tour de force which no student of Shakespeare should be without.Also... It's size is not so huge that it is overwhelming!

Perfectly what was expected