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The New Cambridge Shakespeare
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Editors:
A. R. Braunmuller
Brian Gibbons

Date Published: March 2012
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format: Multiple copy pack
isbn: 9781107656635

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The 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
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Product details
- Date Published: March 2012
- format: Multiple copy pack
- isbn: 9781107656635
- length: 9000 pages
- dimensions: 355 x 485 x 187 mm
- weight: 16kg
- availability: 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.
Editors
A. R. Braunmuller
Brian Gibbons