Emma Smith

Emma Smith

Emma Smith is Professor of Shakespeare studies at Oxford University. Her book The Making of Shakespeare’s First Folio (2015), tells the story of the birth of the First Folio and Shakespeare’s First Folio: Four Centuries of an Iconic Book (2016) describes its reception over the four hundred years of its history.

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The best books on Shakespeare’s Reception, recommended by Emma Smith

In the years after William Shakespeare died, his plays took on a life of their own. They meant different things to different people at different times as they spread around the world, turning a glover’s son from a one-horse town in central England into one of the best-known authors of all time. Emma Smith, Professor of Shakespeare Studies at the University of Oxford, recommends books to better understand ‘Shakespeare reception’—the study of Shakespeare since his death.

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