The New Cambridge Shakespeare 41 Volume Set
The New Cambridge Shakespeare 41 Volume Set
Brian Gibbons
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USDThe New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to readers worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship and emphasis on performance. The series, edited by an expert international team, includes all Shakespeare's plays, sonnets and poems, presented in attractively designed volumes.
• Modern-spelling texts have been freshly established by each editor according to modern scholarly principles, distinguishing carefully between alternative quarto and Folio readings
• Lively introductions provide information on the date of composition, theatrical and political context, sources, themes, language, critical reception and performance history
• Informative illustrations give life to each play and cast light on a wide spectrum of historical, social and theatrical issues. Recreations of Shakespeare's stage and photographs from recent productions are included
• Valuable commentary at the foot of each page explains word-meaning and allusions
• Precise details of staging and performance help students visualise the plays in action
• Stylish and spacious page layout preserves an uncluttered text and allows room for annotations
For further details of the individual books available in New Cambridge Shakespeare, and to view pages from each book, please go to www.cambridge.org/ncs.
- Fresh and lively introductions tackle all the main issues of the texts, including sources, themes, language, critical reception and performance history, and give a thorough survey of contemporary critical responses
- Includes illustrations and photographs from recent productions to cast light on theatrical and historical issues and help students to visualise the plays in action
- Features thoroughly annotated texts, including detailed commentaries, prepared by leading scholars
- The stylish and accessible format provides space for annotations
Product details
March 2012Multiple copy pack
9781107656635
9000 pages
355 × 485 × 187 mm
16kg
Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
Table of Contents
- All's Well That Ends Well
- Antony and Cleopatra
- As You Like It
- The Comedy of Errors
- Coriolanus
- Cymbeline
- Hamlet
- Julius Caesar
- King Edward III
- The First Part of King Henry IV
- The Second Part of King Henry IV
- King Henry V
- The First Part of King Henry VI
- The Second Part of King Henry VI
- The Third Part of King Henry VI
- King Henry VIII
- King John
- The Tragedy of King Lear
- King Richard II
- King Richard III
- Love's Labour's Lost
- Macbeth
- Measure for Measure
- The Merchant of Venice
- The Merry Wives of Windsor
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Much Ado About Nothing
- Othello
- Pericles
- The Poems
- Romeo and Juliet
- The Sonnets
- The Taming of the Shrew
- The Tempest
- Timon of Athens
- Titus Andronicus
- Troilus and Cressida
- Twelfth Night
- The Two Gentlemen of Verona
- The Two Noble Kinsmen
- The Winter's Tale.
