First published in 2002. 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 terms as ‘colonization’, ‘race’ and ‘nation’ derive from early modern English culture. It also looks at how such terms are themselves affected by what were established subsequently as ‘colonial’ forms of knowledge. The volume features original work by some of the leading critics within the field of Shakespearean studies. It is the most authoritative collection on this topic to date and represents an exciting step forward for post-colonial studies

Ania Loomba is the author of Gender, Race, Renaissance Drama (1989) and Colonialism/Post-Colonialism (1998). She is Associate Professor of English at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. Martin Orkin is the author of Shakespeare Against Apartheid (1987) and Drama and the South African State (1991). He is currently Associate Professor in the Department of English and Theatre at the University of Haifa, Israel.