
By William Shakespeare
ISBN-10: 0199267170
ISBN-13: 9780199267170
Hailed by way of The Washington put up as "a definitive synthesis of the easiest editions" and via the days of London as "a monument to Shakespearean scholarship," The Oxford Shakespeare is the final word anthology of the Bard's paintings: the main authoritative variation of the performs and poems ever released.
Now, virtually twenty years after the unique quantity, Oxford is proud to announce a completely up-to-date moment version, together with for the 1st time the texts of The Reign of Edward III and Sir Thomas extra, spotting those performs formally as real works through Shakespeare. this pretty assortment is the manufactured from years of full-time examine via a workforce of British and American students and represents the main thorough exam ever undertaken of the character and authority of Shakespeare's paintings.
The editors reconsidered each aspect of the textual content within the mild of recent scholarship and so they completely re-examined the earliest revealed models of the performs, firmly constructing the canon and chronological order of composition. All degree instructions were reconsidered in mild of unique staging, and lots of new instructions for crucial motion were extra.
This marvelous quantity additionally encompasses a short creation to every paintings in addition to an illuminating common advent.
Finally, the editors have additional a wealth of secondary fabric, together with an essay on language, a listing of latest allusions to Shakespeare, an index of Shakespearean characters, a thesaurus, a consolidated bibliography, and an index of first traces of the Sonnets. Compiled by way of the world's prime professionals, filled with info, and attractively designed, The Oxford Shakespeare is the finest of Shakespearean anthologies.
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