Post-colonial Shakespeares vs William Shakespeare: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Shakespeare, Criticism and interpretation, Literary Criticism, Drama
Post-colonial Shakespeares
This collection of new essays explores the multiple possibilities for the study of Shakespeare in an emerging post-colonial period. Post-Colonial Shakespeares examines the extent to which our assumption about such key…
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William Shakespeare
The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling students and researchers to read for…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Post-colonial Shakespeares is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 10 for William Shakespeare.
- Post-colonial Shakespeares has the widest readership — 15 ratings behind its score.
- Post-colonial Shakespeares reaches further in scholarship and criticism — cited 124 times.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Post-colonial Shakespeares | William Shakespeare | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (15) | — |
| Google Books | — | 5.0 (1) |
Reception
| Post-colonial Shakespeares | William Shakespeare | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 15 | 1 |
| Editions | 11 | 21 |
| Citations | 124 | 14 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 41 | — |
| Reading it now | 2 | — |
| Written reviews | 1 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 262182 |
| Pages | 320 | 564 |