The New Oxford Shakespeare: Modern Critical Edition: The Complete Works - Hardcover

Shakespeare, William

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0199591156 ISBN 13: 9780199591152

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2016

Synopsis

The Complete Works: Modern Critical Edition is part of the landmark New Oxford Shakespeare--an entirely new consideration of all of Shakespeare's works, edited afresh from all the surviving original versions of his work, and drawing on the latest literary, textual, and theatrical scholarship.

In one attractive volume, the Modern Critical Edition gives today's students and playgoers the very best resources they need to understand and enjoy all Shakespeare's works. The authoritative text is accompanied by extensive explanatory and performance notes, and innovative introductory materials which lead the reader into exploring questions about interpretation, textual variants, literary criticism, and performance, for themselves.

The Modern Critical Edition presents the plays and poetry in the order in which Shakespeare wrote them, so that readers can follow the development of his imagination, his engagement with a rapidly evolving culture and theatre, and his relationship to his literary contemporaries.

The New Oxford Shakespeare consists of four interconnected publications: the Modern Critical Edition (with modern spelling), the Critical Reference Edition (with original spelling), a companion volume on Authorship, and an online version integrating all of this material on OUP's high-powered scholarly editions platform. Together, they provide the perfect resource for the future of Shakespeare studies.

About this title

About the Author

William Shakespeare

Gary Taylor is Distinguished Research Professor at Florida State University.
John Jowett is Professor of Shakespeare Studies and Deputy Director of the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham.
Terri Bourus is Professor of Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama at Indiana University, Indianapolis.
Gabriel Egan is Professor of Shakespeare Studies at De Montfort University.

Review

"If Shakespeare worshippers have told one story in order to discredit his contemporary rivals, the New Oxford is telling a story that aims to give the credit back...Taylor also once ruled out Marlowe as a co-author for the 'Henry VI' plays; now he says he based that judgment on evidence that has since been disproved. 'If you're an empiricist, when you get new data, you change your mind, ' he told me. 'Unlike politicians, it's a good thing for a scholar to be a flip-flopper.'" --Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, The New Yorker

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0199591156
• ISBN 13: 9780199591152
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 3408
• Editor: Taylor Gary, Jowett John, Bourus Terri, Egan Gabriel