William Shakespeare: The Complete Works - Compact Edition (The Oxford Shakespeare)

Wells, Stanley;Taylor, Gary (Eds.)

ISBN 10: 0198711905 / ISBN 13: 9780198711902

Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1998

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xlix+1274pp., Pictorial full colour illustrated dustjacket with small closed tear to jacket at rear lower corner covered in removable protective clear plastic, black cloth boards with gilt text to spine and light bump to front top corner at head of spine, decorative illust. endpapers, b/w frontis, introduction by Stanley Wells, glossary, complete works, index of sonnets. The new Oxford edition of Shakespeare's complete works reconsiders every detail of their text and presentation in the light of modern scholarship. The nature and authority of the early documents are re-examined, and the canon and chronological order of composition freshly established. Spelling and punctuation are modernized, and there is a brief introduction to each work, as well as an illuminating and informative general introduction. Size: Large Thick Octavo.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: William Shakespeare: The Complete Works - Compact Edition (The Oxford Shakespeare)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198711905
• ISBN 13: 9780198711902
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Reprinted.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

Here are all of Shakespeare's plays and poems in a compact edition that fits nearly onto your bookshelf or comfortably in your lap. And, as if all of the Bard were not enough, this reissue of an Oxford Classic offers something more: editions of the plays in their theatrical versions, as they were originally performed on the Elizabethan stage. This edition also features a brief introduction to each work, as well as an illuminating General Introduction; reconsiders every detail of the text and presentation of Shakespeare's complete works in the light of modern scholarship; re-examines the nature and authority of the early documents, and freshly establishes the canon and chronological order of composition; and modernizes spelling and punctuation to make the works more accessible to modern readers, without ever altering their original language or meter.
The Times Higher Education Supplement called William Shakespeare: The Complete Works "the most ambitious edition of the works ever attempted," and The Times (London) hailed it as "a monument to Shakespearean scholarship." For scholars and general readers alike, this is a must-have collection for your home library.

About the Author

Stanley Wells is Professor of Shakespeare Studies and Director of the Shakespeare Institute, University of Binghamton. Gary Taylor is Associate Professor of English, The Catholic University of America. He lives in Washington, D.C.