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The acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series, now in a dazzling new
series design The Pelican Shakespeare series features authoritative
and meticulously researched texts paired with scholarship by
renowned Shakespeareans. Each book includes an essay on the
theatrical world of Shakespeare's time, an introduction to the
individual play, and a detailed note on the text used. Updated by
general editors Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller, these
easy-to-read editions incorporate over thirty years of Shakespeare
scholarship undertaken since the original series, edited by Alfred
Harbage, appeared between 1956 and 1967. With stunning new covers
designed by Manuja Waldia, definitive texts, and illuminating
essays, the Pelican Shakespeare will remain a valued resource for
students, teachers, and theater professionals for many years to
come. This edition of Titus Andronicus is edited with an
introduction by Russ McDonald. For more than seventy years, Penguin
has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the
English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin
Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout
history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series
to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes
by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as
up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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The Winter's Tale (Paperback, Ed)
William Shakespeare; Contributions by Paul Edmondson; Introduction by Russ McDonald; Revised by Russ McDonald
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'The work of Shakespeare is virtually infinite' Jorge Luis Borges A
jealous king, convinced that his wife has been unfaithful and is
having another man's baby, imprisons her and puts her on trial. The
child is abandoned to die, but when she is found and raised by a
shepherd, it seems redemption may be possible. A bravura blend of
tragedy, comedy and romance, Shakespeare's emotionally potent late
play explores artifice and nature, mortality and renewal, and the
destructive and consoling effects of time. Used and Recommended by
the National Theatre General Editor Stanley Wells Edited by Ernest
Schanzer Introduction by Russ McDonald
Providing a unique combination of well-written, up-to-date
background information and intriguing selections from primary
documents, The Bedford Companion to Shakespeare introduces students
to the topics most important to the study of Shakespeare in their
full historical and cultural context. This new edition contains
many new documents, particularly by women and other marginalized
voices from the early modern period. There is also a new chapter on
Shakespeare in performance, which introduces students to the great
variety of productions of Shakespeare's works over the centuries.
This landmark collection of newly-commissioned essays by leading
international scholars, offers expert close readings of Shakespeare
and other early modern authors. The book is an intervention into
current critical methodology as well as an invaluable tool for all
students of the literature of the period, exemplifying the
possibilities of close reading in the hands of a range of gifted
practitioners. Chapters cover a range of key texts from Shakespeare
and other major writers of the period such as Milton, Donne, Jonson
and Sidney.
This is a unique collection as no other book offers such a rich
variety of self-contained, short-form close readings. As such it
can be used in the undergraduate classroom as well as by scholars
and post-graduates and will also appeal to literary readers with an
enthusiasm for Shakespeare. Contributors include leading
Shakespeareans Stanley Wells, Stanley Fish, Coppelia Kahn and Lukas
Erne.
When Shakespeare gave up tragedy around 1607 and turned to the new
form we call romance or tragicomedy, he created a distinctive
poetic idiom that often bewildered audiences and readers. The plays
of this period, Pericles, Cymbeline, The Winter's Tale, The
Tempest, as well as Shakespeare's part in the collaborations with
John Fletcher (Henry VIII and The Two Noble Kinsmen), exhibit a
challenging verse style - verbally condensed, metrically and
syntactically sophisticated, both conversational and highly
wrought. In Shakespeare's Late Style, McDonald anatomizes the
components of this late style, illustrating in a series of
topically organized chapters the contribution of such features as
ellipsis, grammatical suspension, and various forms of repetition.
Resisting the sentimentality that frequently attends discussion of
an artist's 'late' period, Shakespeare's Late Style shows how the
poetry of the last plays reveals their creator's ambivalent
attitude towards art, language, men and women, the theatre, and his
own professional career.
When Shakespeare gave up tragedy around 1607 and turned to the new
form we call romance or tragicomedy, he created a distinctive
poetic idiom that often bewildered audiences and readers. The plays
of this period, Pericles, Cymbeline, The Winter's Tale, The
Tempest, as well as Shakespeare's part in the collaborations with
John Fletcher (Henry VIII and The Two Noble Kinsmen), exhibit a
challenging verse style - verbally condensed, metrically and
syntactically sophisticated, both conversational and
highly-wrought. In Shakespeare's Late Style, McDonald anatomizes
the components of this late style, illustrating in a series of
topically organized chapters the contribution of such features as
ellipsis, grammatical suspension, and various forms of repetition.
Resisting the sentimentality that frequently attends discussion of
an artist's 'late' period, Shakespeare's Late Style shows how the
poetry of the last plays reveals their creator's ambivalent
attitude towards art, language, men and women, the theatre, and his
own professional career.
"I feel that I have spent half my career with one or another Pelican Shakespeare in my back pocket. Convenience, however, is the least important aspect of the new Pelican Shakespeare series. Here is an elegant and clear text for either the study or the rehearsal room, notes where you need them and the distinguished scholarship of the general editors, Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller who understand that these are plays for performance as well as great texts for contemplation." (Patrick Stewart)
The distinguished Pelican Shakespeare series, which has sold more than four million copies, is now completely revised and repackaged.
Each volume features: * Authoritative, reliable texts * High quality introductions and notes * New, more readable trade trim size * An essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare and essays on Shakespeare's life and the selection of texts
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