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The attractive print and digital bundle offers students a great
reading experience at an affordable price in two ways-a hardcover
volume for their dorm shelf and lifetime library, and a digital
edition ideal for in-class use. Students can access the ebook from
their computer, tablet, or smartphone via the registration code
included in the print volume at no additional charge. As one
instructor summed it up, "It's a long overdue step forward in the
way Shakespeare is taught."
This title, first published in 1988, examines the influence of the
Jacobean masque on the plays of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher.
The author examines the ways in which the plays of Beaumont and
Fletcher represent not only a great expression of human emotion,
but how they are also a fine example of the growth and change of
dramatic form. This title will be of interest to students of drama,
literature and performance studies.
This title, first published in 1988, examines the influence of the
Jacobean masque on the plays of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher.
The author examines the ways in which the plays of Beaumont and
Fletcher represent not only a great expression of human emotion,
but how they are also a fine example of the growth and change of
dramatic form. This title will be of interest to students of drama,
literature and performance studies.
The attractive print and digital bundle offers students a great
reading experience at an affordable price in two ways-a hardcover
volume for their dorm shelf and lifetime library, and a digital
edition ideal for in-class use. Students can access the ebook from
their computer, tablet, or smartphone via the registration code
included in the print volume at no additional charge. As one
instructor summed it up, "It's a long overdue step forward in the
way Shakespeare is taught."
The Norton Shakespeare brings to readers a meticulously edited new
text that reflects current textual-editing scholarship and
introduces innovative teaching features. The print and digital
bundle offers students a great reading experience in two ways-a
printed volume for their lifetime library and a digital edition
ideal for in-class use. Every play introduction, note, gloss and
bibliography has been reconsidered in light of reviewers'
suggestions, and new textual introductions and performance notes
reflect the extensive new scholarship in these fields.
Suzanne Gossett offers a full and critical performance history,
with an introduction showing how the play's performance history has
paralled the criticism. It then gives an interpretation of this
two-generation romance, with its successive male and female central
characters, based on a reading 'through the family', and influenced
by the feminist and new historicist criticism of the last two
decades. The edition integrates cumulative research on
Shakespeare's collaborative authorship and the transmission of the
text without rewriting the play or ignoring years of emendations.
There is no Shakespeare without text. Yet readers often do not
realize that the words in the book they hold, like the dialogue
they hear from the stage, has been revised, augmented and emended
since Shakespeare’s lifetime. An essential resource for the
history of Shakespeare on the page, Shakespeare and Textual Theory
traces the explanatory underpinnings of these changes through the
centuries. After providing an introduction to early modern printing
practices, Suzanne Gossett describes the original quartos and
folios as well as the first collected editions. Subsequent sections
summarize the work of the ‘New Bibliographers’ and the radical
challenge to their technical analysis posed by poststructuralist
theory, which undermined the presumed stability of author and text.
Shakespeare and Textual Theory presents a balanced view of the
current theoretical debates, which include the nature of the
surviving texts we call Shakespeare’s; the relationship of the
author ‘Shakespeare’ and of authorial intentions to any of
these texts; the extent and nature of Shakespeare’s collaboration
with others; and the best or most desirable way to present the
texts - in editions or performances. The book is illustrated
throughout with examples showing how theoretical decisions affect
the text of Shakespeare’s plays, and case studies of Hamlet and
Pericles demonstrate how different theories complicate both text
and meaning, whether a play survives in one version or several. The
conclusion summarizes the many ways in which beliefs about
Shakespeare’s texts have changed over the centuries.
In All's Well That Ends Well, Helen, a lowly ward, risks her life
to satisfy her boundless love for Bertram, a count and ward to the
King of France. Following him to Paris, she concocts an endangering
plan to win the King of France's favour and induce Bertram's hand
in marriage. In the comprehensive introduction to this new,
fully-illustrated Arden edition, Suzanne Gossett takes a
transformative look at the play's critical and performance history
by offering fresh perspectives on the conundrum of genre, sexuality
and moral dilemmas with masculinity and the structures of family.
The authoritative play text is amply annotated to clarify its
language and allusions, and two appendices debate the play's
authorship and review its casting. Offering students and scholars
alike a wealth of insight and new research, this edition maintains
the rigorous standards of the Arden Shakespeare.
Of all of Jonson's plays, Bartholomew Fair with its focus on the
conflict between a carnivalesque enjoyment of the flesh and
society's desire for order and control, speaks most directly to the
modern audience. This edition is the first to use the findings of
feminist scholarship in examining the play's concern with forced
marriage, pregnancy, sexual commerce and widowhood. Glosses and
notes are provided for students and theatre-goers clarifying the
language and dialects Jonson uses to individualise the characters
in his prose masterpiece and helpfully explicating layers of
meaning and topical references. -- .
In All's Well That Ends Well, Helen, a lowly ward, risks her life
to satisfy her boundless love for Bertram, a count and ward to the
King of France. Following him to Paris, she concocts an endangering
plan to win the King of France's favour and induce Bertram's hand
in marriage. In the comprehensive introduction to this new,
fully-illustrated Arden edition, Suzanne Gossett takes a
transformative look at the play's critical and performance history
by offering fresh perspectives on the conundrum of genre, sexuality
and moral dilemmas with masculinity and the structures of family.
The authoritative play text is amply annotated to clarify its
language and allusions, and two appendices debate the play's
authorship and review its casting. Offering students and scholars
alike a wealth of insight and new research, this edition maintains
the rigorous standards of the Arden Shakespeare.
There is no Shakespeare without text. Yet readers often do not
realize that the words in the book they hold, like the dialogue
they hear from the stage, has been revised, augmented and emended
since Shakespeare's lifetime. An essential resource for the history
of Shakespeare on the page, Shakespeare and Textual Theory traces
the explanatory underpinnings of these changes through the
centuries. After providing an introduction to early modern printing
practices, Suzanne Gossett describes the original quartos and
folios as well as the first collected editions. Subsequent sections
summarize the work of the 'New Bibliographers' and the radical
challenge to their technical analysis posed by poststructuralist
theory, which undermined the presumed stability of author and text.
Shakespeare and Textual Theory presents a balanced view of the
current theoretical debates, which include the nature of the
surviving texts we call Shakespeare's; the relationship of the
author 'Shakespeare' and of authorial intentions to any of these
texts; the extent and nature of Shakespeare's collaboration with
others; and the best or most desirable way to present the texts -
in editions or performances. The book is illustrated throughout
with examples showing how theoretical decisions affect the text of
Shakespeare's plays, and case studies of Hamlet and Pericles
demonstrate how different theories complicate both text and
meaning, whether a play survives in one version or several. The
conclusion summarizes the many ways in which beliefs about
Shakespeare's texts have changed over the centuries.
Published with the Shakespeare Association of America, Shakespeare
in Our Time offers lead essays by the distinguished scholars who
have served as presidents of the Association over the past two
decades. They introduce a range of topics: text, performance,
gender, sexuality, the body, history, religion, biography, and
global and digital Shakespeare. Each of their essays is
counterpointed and complemented by a satellite of shorter
contributions by other scholars, new and established. Shakespeare
in Our Time represents the shared commitment of its authors and of
the Shakespeare Association of America to advancing our
understanding of Shakespeare's works, his times, and his afterlife
in literary, theatrical, and public culture. This intellectually
vibrant and diverse book reflects current debates in the field of
Shakespeare studies and points to its possible futures.
The redefinition of the Thomas Middleton canon has led to an
explosion of interest in this quintessential Jacobean. Middleton's
best-known plays, such as Women Beware Women and The Changeling,
are now staged, filmed and rewritten for modern audiences. But
Middleton also wrote religious poetry, satires, historical
allegory, prose and less familiar plays, collaborating frequently,
even with Shakespeare. His works are rooted in his historical and
cultural environment, from the Overbury scandal to the fall of the
boys' companies. Here, experts in literature, theatre, history, law
and religion analyze the complex contexts of Middleton's works,
clarifying debates over his religious and political affiliations.
Divided into sections presenting new interpretations of the world
in which Middleton wrote - as a Londoner, citizen, dramatist and
early modern man - and concluding with a section on performance
history, the essays cover the full range of his works, from the
frequently performed to the newest attributions.
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Philaster (Paperback)
Francis Beaumont; Edited by Suzanne Gossett; John Fletcher
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R603
Discovery Miles 6 030
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Philaster is a tragicomedy by Beaumont and Fletcher which has much
in common with Shakespeare's late plays such as The Winter's Tale.
Set in a fictionalised Sicily, it has the complex plot of love,
disguise and the threat of death much loved by early modern
theatre-goers. This edition provides an authoritative, modernised
text by a leading scholar with detailed on-page commentary notes
giving readers a deeper understanding of the play. The
comprehensive, illustrated introduction discusses Philaster from a
performance perspective as well as its relation to Shakespearean
drama, and places it in its historical and critical contexts. The
play is often taught on Shakespeare and Early Modern drama courses
but only now is such a detailed, modern edition available for use
by students and scholars. With its wealth of helpful and incisive
commentary, this is the finest edition of the play available. The
Arden Early Modern Drama series accompanies and complements the
Arden Shakespeare Third Series, offering editions of
non-Shakespearean Renaissance drama and Restoration drama from the
period 1500-1700. Modelled on the Third Series in appearance and
style Arden Early Modern Drama editions will offer high-quality
textual scholarship and full annotation, together with an
accessible, student-friendly introduction.
Suzanne Gossett offers a full and critical performance history,
with an introduction showing how the play's performance history has
paralled the criticism. It then gives an interpretation of this
two-generation romance, with its successive male and female central
characters, based on a reading 'through the family', and influenced
by the feminist and new historicist criticism of the last two
decades.The edition integrates cumulative research on Shakespeare's
collaborative authorship and the transmission of the text without
rewriting the play or ignoring years of emendations.
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Philaster (Hardcover)
Francis Beaumont; Edited by Suzanne Gossett; John Fletcher
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R2,694
R2,495
Discovery Miles 24 950
Save R199 (7%)
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Philaster is a tragicomedy by Beaumont and Fletcher which has much
in common with Shakespeare's late plays such as The Winter's Tale.
Set in a fictionalised Sicily, it has the complex plot of love,
disguise and the threat of death much loved by early modern
theatre-goers. This edition provides an authoritative, modernised
text by a leading scholar with detailed on-page commentary notes
giving readers a deeper understanding of the play. The
comprehensive, illustrated introduction discusses Philaster from a
performance perspective as well as its relation to Shakespearean
drama, and places it in its historical and critical contexts. The
play is often taught on Shakespeare and Early Modern drama courses
but only now is such a detailed, modern edition available for use
by students and scholars. With its wealth of helpful and incisive
commentary, this is the finest edition of the play available. The
Arden Early Modern Drama series accompanies and complements the
Arden Shakespeare Third Series, offering editions of
non-Shakespearean Renaissance drama and Restoration drama from the
period 1500-1700. Modelled on the Third Series in appearance and
style Arden Early Modern Drama editions will offer high-quality
textual scholarship and full annotation, together with an
accessible, student-friendly introduction.
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