William Shakespeare Complete Works

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William Shakespeare Complete Works

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ISBN: 9780679642954
author: William Shakespeare
publishing house: Modern Library
publication date: 2007 -4
series: Modern Library
binding: Hardcover
price: USD 75.00
number of pages: 2560

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FROM THE WORLD FAMOUS ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY, THE FIRST AUTHORITATIVE, MODERNIZED, AND CORRECTED EDITION OF SHAKESPEARE’S FIRST FOLIO IN THREE CENTURIES.
Skillfully assembled by Shakespeare’s fellow actors in 1623, the First Folio was the original Complete Works. It is arguably the most important literary work in the English language. But starting with Nicholas Rowe in 1709 and continuing to the present day, Shakespeare editors have mixed Folio and Quarto texts, gradually corrupting the original Complete Works with errors and conflated textual variations.
Now Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen, two of today’s most accomplished Shakespearean scholars, have edited the First Folio as a complete book, resulting in a definitive Complete Works for the twenty-first century.
Combining innovative scholarship with brilliant commentary and textual analysis that emphasizes performance history and values, this landmark edition will be indispensable to students, theater professionals, and general readers alike.
For more information on this Modern Library edition, visit www.therscshakespeare.com

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CONTENTS
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Preface
General Introduction by Jonathan Bate
User’s Guide
Preliminary Pages of the First Folio
Foreword by Michael Boyd, Artistic Director, Royal Shakespeare Company
Comedies
Histories
Tragedies
Plays Not in the First Folio
Poems and Sonnets
A Scene for Sir Thomas More
Charts
Acknowledgments and Picture Credits
Alphabetical Index of Plays and Poems
Other Books by This Author

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