Arden Shakespeare Third Series Complete Works

by Ann Thompson (Editor), David Scott Kastan (Editor), Richard Proudfoot (Editor), H. R. Woudhuysen (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781474296366
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	12/02/2020
Series:	The Arden Shakespeare Third Series
Pages:	1504
Sales rank:	350,174
Product dimensions:	7.47(w) x 9.58(h) x 1.99(d)

About the Author

ANN THOMPSON is Emeritus Professor in English at King' s College London UK.

Professor Richard Proudfoot served as Senior General Editor of the Arden Shakespeare for 35 years, until his retirement from King's in 1999. In 2001 The Arden Shakespeare published Proudfoot's Shakespeare: Text, Stage and Canon a critical overview of the scholarly achievements made in the field of Shakespeare studies by the end of the twentieth century.

David Scott Kastan is the George M. Bodman Professor of English at Yale University, USA.

ANN THOMPSON is Emeritus Professor in English at King' s College London UK.

Henry Woudhuysen is Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford, UK.

David Scott Kastan is the George M. Bodman Professor of English at Yale University, USA.

Professor Richard Proudfoot served as Senior General Editor of the Arden Shakespeare for 35 years, until his retirement from King's in 1999. In 2001 The Arden Shakespeare published Proudfoot's Shakespeare: Text, Stage and Canon a critical overview of the scholarly achievements made in the field of Shakespeare studies by the end of the twentieth century.

Henry Woudhuysen is Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford, UK.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations v

General Editors' Preface vi

Introduction 1

Why Shakespeare? 1

Shakespeare: The Life 2

Shakespeare and the Theatre 3

Shakespeare in Print 6

Shakespeare's Reading and Reading Shakespeare 10

Afterlife 11

Shakespeare's Sonnets 17

A Lover's Complaint Katherine Duncan-Jones 44

Venus and Adonis 49

The Rape of Lucrece 63

The Passionate Pilgrim 83

'The Phoenix and Turtle1 Katherine Duncan-Jones H.R. Woudhuysen 88

All's Well That Ends Well Suzanne Gossett Helen Wilcox 89

Antony and Cleopatra John Wilders 121

As You Like It Juliet Dusinberre 161

The Comedy of Errors Kent Cartwright 191

Coriolanus Peter Holland 215

Cymbeline Valerie Wayne 255

Double Falsehood Brean Hammond 293

Hamlet Ann Thompson Neil Taylor 317

Hamlet, The First Quarto 319

Hamlet, The Second Quarto 343

Hamlet, The Folio 383

Julius Caesar David Daniell 423

King Edward III Richard Proudfoot Nicola Bennett 451

King Henry IV, Part 1 David Scott Kastan 479

King Henry IV, Part 2 James C. Bulman 511

King Henry V T.W. Craik 547

King Henry VI, Part 1 Edward Burns 581

King Henry VI, Part2 Ronald Knowles 613

King Henry VI, Part 3 John D. Cox Eric Rasmussen 649

King Henry VIII Gordon McMullan 685

King John Jesse M. Lander J.J.M. Tobin 721

King Lear R.A. Foakes 751

King Richard II Charles Forker 789

King Richard III James R. Siemon 821

Love's Labour's Lost H.R. Woudhuysen 863

Macbeth Sandra Clark Pamela Mason 893

Measure for Measure A.R. Braunmuller Robert N. Watson 919

The Merchant of Venice John Drakakis 949

The Merry Wives of Windsor Giorgio Melchiori 977

A Midsummer Night's Dream Sukanta Chaudhuri 1007

Much Ado About Nothing Claire McEachern 1031

Othello E.A.J. Honigmann 1059

Pericles Suzanne Gossett 1097

Romeo and Juliet René Weis 1125

Sir Thomas More John Jowett 1159

The Taming of the Shrew Barbara Hodgdon 1189

The Tempest Virginia Mason Vaughan Alden T. Vaughan 1219

Timon of Athens Anthony B. Dawson Gretchen E. Minton 1243

Titus Andronicus Jonathan Bate 1271

Troilus and Cressida David Bevington 1299

Twelfth Night Keir Elam 1337

The Two Gentlemen of Verona William C. Carroll 1365

The Two Noble Kinsmen Lois Potter 1389

The Winter's Tale John Pitcher 1425

Bibliography 1459

Index of First Lines of Sonnets 1466

Index of First Lines of Songs 1468

Glossary 1469

Editorial Reviews

An invaluable possession. Alphabetising the plays makes them much easier to cross reference between texts and the various introductions are a swift reminder of what to look for when encountering the plays, finding a decent middle ground, both scholarly and accessible.” —feeling listless

“Its design is functional and attractive … a manageable and approachable book, among the most portable of the collected Shakespeares … An unusual feature is the fact that the plays are printed in alphabetical order … This system is an advantage for those consulting references in several works.” —Sederi Yearbook

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