Description The essays included in this volume attempt to answer, directly or indirectly, the following questions connected with Shakespeare\'s popularity worldwide.
Can we appropriate Enobarbus\'s fascination with Cleopatra, borrowed for the motto of this volume: "age cannot wither Shakespeare, or custom stale"? What makes it so that his works do not "cloy" their recipients\' appetite, but instead constantly whet it for more? Can we still talk about Shakespeare\'s "Infinite variety".
Description The essays included in this volume attempt to answer, directly or indirectly, the following questions connected with Shakespeare\'s popularity worldwide