King John: Third Series

by William Shakespeare, J.J.M. Tobin (Editor), Jesse M. Lander (Editor), Ann Thompson (Editor), David Scott Kastan (Editor)

Overview

King John tells the story of John's struggle to retain the crown in the face of alternative claims to the throne from France and is one of the earlier history plays. The new Arden Third Series edition offers students a comprehensive introduction exploring the play's relationship to its source and to later plays in the history cycle, as well as giving a full account of its critical and performance history, including key productions in 2015 which marked the anniversary of Magna Carta. As such this is the most detailed, informative and up-to-date student edition available.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781904271390
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	02/22/2018
Series:	The Arden Shakespeare Third Series
Edition description:	3rd ed.
Pages:	376
Sales rank:	637,024
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

J.J.M. Tobin is Professor of English, College of Liberal Arts, University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA
Jesse M. Lander is Associate Professor, Department of English, University of Notre Dame, USA

Date of Death:

2018

Place of Birth:

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Place of Death:

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Table of Contents

Introduction
King John
Appendices
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

This orphan, offbeat history play seldom makes it onto an undergraduate syllabus, but Lander and Tobin’s introduction makes the case for a work of addled nostalgia, incompetent governance, and broad disillusionment whose time has come. Generous base-of-the-page textual notes keep readers from losing their way amid the twists and turbans of the play’s messy plot.” - Studies in English Literature 1500-1900

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