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| Title | : | The Riverside Shakespeare |
| Author | : | William Shakespeare |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Second Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 2057 pages |
| Published | : | 1997 by Houghton Mifflin Co. (first published January 1st 1974) |
| Categories | : | Classics. Plays. Poetry. Drama. Fiction |
William Shakespeare
Hardcover | Pages: 2057 pages Rating: 4.55 | 4242 Users | 198 Reviews
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The Second Edition of this complete collection of Shakespeare's plays and poems features two essays on recent criticism and productions, fully updated textual notes, a photographic insert of recent productions, and two works recently attributed to Shakespeare. The authors of the essays on recent criticism and productions are Heather DuBrow, University of Wisconsin at Madison, and William Liston, Ball State University, respectively.Present Books Toward The Riverside Shakespeare
| Original Title: | The Riverside Shakespeare |
| ISBN: | 0395754909 (ISBN13: 9780395754900) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 4.55 From 4242 Users | 198 ReviewsJudge Epithetical Books The Riverside Shakespeare
Not trying to show off here, but I have literally read everything that Shakespeare wrote because a) I'm an English teacher, b) I'm a theatre dork, and c)I was like a total stalker for the stuff in college and read it for fun because I'm just that lame. Of course I like some of it better than others, but there's a reason the man is so famous. Favorite comedies: Midsummer Night's Dream, Taming of the Shrew, The Tempest, Twelfth Night, Merchant of Venice (in that order). Favorite tragedies: Hamlet,It took me three summer vacations to read all of this, going chronologically (as best we can know) through the works and alternating with chapters of Harold Bloom's _Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human_. I read from the older 1974 edition, which lacks the Funeral Elegy (which, as it turns out, is likely by John Ford, and not by Shakespeare). This was a great experience; there are many hidden treasures among the lesser known plays, and those I was most familiar with gained by being read in
I love this collection and I used this at University. It was damn heavy to log around but was a wonderful resource because of the detailed explanations and translations for some of the out dated terms used by Shakespeare in his plays. It is still proudly displayed on my "public" library book shelf at home ( my romance novels are in a special hidden storage room ). I loved the layout of the collection and the fact that each play and each section were prefaced by concise, analytical essays of
A Shakespeare play is only as good as its edition. Fortunately, the Riverside Shakespeare maximizes the positive qualities of both the second (good) quarto and the first folio, borrowing the best elements from both versions of the play to create a new authoritative edition. The introductions to the plays, as well as the footnotes and endnotes, are both insightful and delightful to study. If you love Shakespeare or Shagspear, Shaksper, whatever you want to call him (he wasn't very particular),
I won't say I've read all the entire book (I'm leaving King John and Henry VI for some time later)--but I think I've read enough to comment on it. A good edition of Shakespeare, with a general introduction, textual notes, and illustrations (including coloured plates).Here's my review of Hamlet:The hero wears black, is a university student, writes poetry, studies philosophy at university. He's got a thing going with Ophelia. Horatio has his back. Following the death of his father and the
Since junior year of college this has been my indispensable tool for reading and understanding Shakespeare. All the plays, all the poetry, plus helpful archaism-deciphering footnotes.If there is one part of this volume I haven't valued, it's the articles preceding each play. I can't say they are useless; they just haven't been of any use to me. There may be other complete works of Shakespeare available, but this one has assured I always have a scholarly edition at hand to read and study. Don't
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