The authoritative edition Love's Labor's Lost from The Folger
Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series
for students and general readers. At first glance, Shakespeare's
early comedy Love's Labor's Lost simply entertains and amuses. Four
young men (one of them a king) withdraw from the world for three
years, taking an oath that they will have nothing to do with women.
The King of Navarre soon learns, however, that the Princess of
France and her ladies are about to arrive. Although he lodges them
outside of his court, all four men fall in love with the ladies,
abandoning their oaths and setting out to win their hands. The
laughter triggered by this story is augmented by subplots involving
a braggart soldier, a clever page, illiterate servants, a parson, a
schoolmaster, and a constable so dull that he is named Dull.
Letters and poems are misdelivered, confessions are overheard,
entertainments are presented, and language is played with, and
misused, by the ignorant and learned alike. At a deeper level,
Love's Labor's Lost also teases the mind. The men begin with the
premise that women either are seductresses or goddesses. The play
soon makes it clear, however, that the reality of male-female
relations is different. That women are not identical to men's
images of them is a common theme in Shakespeare's plays. In Love's
Labor's Lost it receives one of its most pressing examinations.
This edition includes: -Freshly edited text based on the best early
printed version of the play -Full explanatory notes conveniently
placed on pages facing the text of the play -Scene-by-scene plot
summaries -A key to the play's famous lines and phrases -An
introduction to reading Shakespeare's language -An essay by a
leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the
play -Fresh images from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast
holdings of rare books -An annotated guide to further reading Essay
by William C. Carroll The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington,
DC, is home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's
printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around
the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout
the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and
programs. For more information, visit Folger.edu.
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