Love's Labour's Lost - Softcover

Shakespeare, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141396431 ISBN 13: 9780141396439

Publisher: Penguin Press, 2015

Synopsis

William Shakespeare's comedy Love's Labours Lost is edited with an introduction by John Kerrigan in Penguin Shakespeare. 'What fool is not so wise To lose an oath to win a paradise?' Ferdinand, King of Navarre and his lords Berowne, Dumaine, and Longaville agree to form an austere academy, taking a solemn to have no contact with women for three years. But when the Princess of neighbouring France arrives with her female attendants, their pledge is quickly placed under strain. Soon all are smitten and confusion abounds, as each struggles to secretly declare his love in this comedy of deception, desire and mistaken identity. This book contains a general introduction to Shakespeare's life and Elizabethan theatre, a separate introduction to Love's Labours Lost, a chronology, suggestions for further reading, an essay discussing performance options on both stage and screen, and a commentary. If you enjoyed Love's Labours Lost, you might like The Merry Wives of Windsor, also available in Penguin Shakespeare. 'The most beautiful of Shakespeare's comedies' Kenneth Branagh

About this title

From the Publisher:

Designed for school districts, educators, and students seeking to maximize performance on standardized tests, Webster’s paperbacks take advantage of the fact that classics are frequently assigned readings in English courses. By using a running thesaurus at the bottom of each page, this edition of Love’s Labour’s Lost by William Shakespeare was edited for students who are actively building their vocabularies in anticipation of taking PSAT®, SAT®, AP® (Advanced Placement®), GRE®, LSAT®, GMAT® or similar examinations.

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From the Back Cover:

This student-friendly edition of a difficult play includes a clear, helpful introduction and notes elucidating the complicated imagery and wordplay. Notes and illustrations refer the reader to various staging options enabling him or her to imagine Love’s Labour’s Lost in performance.
—Katharine E. Maus, James Branch Cabell Professor of English Literature, University of Virginia

Jill P. Ingram is Assistant Professor of Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature at Ohio University. She received her Ph.D. in English from the University of Virginia, and is the author of the book, Idioms of Self-Interest: Credit, Identity and Property in English Renaissance Literature (Routledge, 2006). She has also published many articles on English Renaissance culture and literature.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0141396431
• ISBN 13: 9780141396439
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288