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'With the publication of Woudhuysen's Arden 3 edition, the
magisterial study of the play that will energise a new generation
of readers and directors has now arrived.' Eric Rasmussen,
University of Nevada at Reno, Shakespeare Survey
This new Complete Works marks the completion of the Arden
Shakespeare Third Series and includes all of Shakespeare’s plays,
poems and sonnets, edited by leading international scholars. New to
this edition are the 'apocryphal' plays, part-written by
Shakespeare: Double Falsehood, Sir Thomas More and King Edward III.
The anthology is unique in giving all three extant texts of Hamlet
from Shakespeare's time: the first and second Quarto texts of 1603
and 1604-5, and the first Folio text of 1623. With a simple
alphabetical arrangement the Complete Works are easy to navigate.
The lengthy introductions and footnotes of the individual Third
Series volumes have been removed to make way for a general
introduction, short individual introductions to each text, a
glossary and a bibliography instead, to ensure all works are
accessible in one single volume. This handsome Complete Works is
ideal for readers keen to explore Shakespeare's work and for anyone
building their literary library.
This new Complete Works marks the completion of the Arden
Shakespeare Third Series and includes all of Shakespeare's plays,
poems and sonnets, edited by leading international scholars. New to
this edition are the 'apocryphal' plays, part-written by
Shakespeare: Double Falsehood, Sir Thomas More and King Edward III.
The anthology is unique in giving all three extant texts of Hamlet
from Shakespeare's time: the first and second Quarto texts of 1603
and 1604-5, and the first Folio text of 1623. With a simple
alphabetical arrangement the Complete Works are easy to navigate.
The lengthy introductions and footnotes of the individual Third
Series volumes have been removed to make way for a general
introduction, short individual introductions to each text, a
glossary and a bibliography instead, to ensure all works are
accessible in one single volume. This handsome Complete Works is
ideal for readers keen to explore Shakespeare's work and for anyone
building their literary library.
In 1593 Shakespeare awoke and found himself famous. Lines from his
comic, erotic, tragic poem Venus and Adonis were on everyone 's
lips.The appearance in 1594 of the darkly reflective and richly
descriptive Rape of Lucrece confirmed his fame as 'Sweet Master
Shakespeare', Elizabethan England's most brilliant non-dramatic
poet. Shorter poems in this volume testify further to Shakespeare
's versatility and to his poetic fame. Some, like the much-debated
'Phoenix and Turtle ', pose problems of meaning; others raise
questions about authorship and authenticity. Detailed annotation
and a full Introduction seek to resolve such difficulties while
also locating Shakespeare's poems in their literary context, which
includes his own career as a playwright.
A concise edition of the highly acclaimed Oxford Companion to the
Book, this book features the 51 articles from the Companion plus 3
brand new chapters in one affordable volume. The 54 chapters
introduce readers to the fascinating world of book history.
Including 21 thematic studies on topics such as writing systems,
the ancient and the medieval book, and the economics of print, as
well as 33 regional and national histories of 'the book', offering
a truly global survey of the book around the world, the Oxford
History of the Book is the most comprehensive work of its kind. The
three new articles, specially commissioned for this spin-off, cover
censorship, copyright and intellectual property, and book history
in the Caribbean and Bermuda. All essays are illustrated throughout
with reproductions, diagrams, and examples of various typographical
features. Beautifully produced and hugely informative, this is a
must-have for anyone with an interest in book history and the
written word.
Sir Philip Sidney and the Circulation of Manuscripts, 1558-1640 is
the first modern study of the production and circulation of
manuscripts during the English Renaissance. H. R. Woudhuysen
examines the relationship between manuscript and print, looks at
people who lived by their pens, and surveys authorial and scribal
manuscripts, paying particular attention to the copying of verse,
plays, and scholarly works by hand. He investigates the
professional production of manuscripts for sale by scribes such as
Ralph Crane and Richard Robinson. The second part of the book
examines Sir Philip Sidney's works in the context of Woudhuysen's
research, discussing all Sidney's important manuscripts, and seeks
to assess his part in the circulation of his works and his role in
the promotion of a scribal culture. A detailed examination of the
manuscripts and early prints of his poems, of his Arcadias, and of
Astrophil and Stella sheds new light on their composition,
evolution, and dissemination, as well as on Sidney's friends and
admirers. Based on the examination of hundreds of manuscripts, this
book presents much new material describing manuscript production in
the fields of literature, politics, the law, and historical,
scientific, and antiquarian studies.
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