基本説明
This version of the text is based on the early quartos and first Folio of 1623. It is complemented by an inroduction that places the play in its own time, thorough textual notes, and full commentary.
Full Description
The Oxford Shakespeare
General Editor: Stanley Wells
The Oxford Shakespeare offer authoritative texts from leading scholars in editions designed to interpret and illuminate the plays for modern readers
- a new, modern-spelling text, collated and edited from the early texts
- wide-ranging introduction discusses the play's historical contexts, political significance, characters, sources, and language
- detailed stage history designed to meet the needs of students and theatre professionals
- on-page commentary and notes explain meaning, allusions, staging, and much else
- illustrated with production photographs, historical portraits, textual facsimiles, and map
- full index to introduction and commentary
- durable sewn binding for lasting use
'not simply a better text but a new conception of Shakespeare' Times Literary Supplement
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