num_pages: 3420
description: This vibrant, complete Shakespeare brings readers closer than ever before to Shakespeare's plays as they were first acted. Based on the freshly edited texts of the Oxford Edition, the most far-reaching and innovative revision of the traditional canon in centuries, "The Norton Shakespeare" invites readers to rediscover Shakespeare. Opening the volume is Stephen Greenblatt's General Introduction, a richly textured portrait of Shakespeare's work and world. The introduction, marginal glosses, and annotation that accompany each text greatly aid understanding of the plays and poems, and an elegant, single-column page makes reading them a pleasure.ComediesThe Two Gentlemen of VeronaThe Taming of the ShrewThe Comedy of ErrorsLove¿s Labour¿s LostA Midsummer Night¿s DreamThe Comical History of the Merchant of Venice, or Otherwise Called the Jew of VeniceThe Merry Wives of WindsorMuch Ado About NothingAs You Like ItTwelfth Night, or What You WillTroilus and CressidaMeasure for MeasureAll¿s Well That Ends WellThe Two Noble KinsmenHistoriesThe First Part of the Contention of the Two Famous Houses of York and Lancaster (2 Henry VI)The True Tragedy of Richard Duke of York and the Good King Henry the Sixth (3 Henry VI)The First Part of Henry the SixthThe Tragedy of King Richard the ThirdThe Tragedy of King Richard the SecondThe Life and Death of King JohnThe History of Henry the Fourth (1 Henry IV)The Second Part of Henry the FourthThe Life of Henry the FifthAll Is True (Henry VIII)TragediesTitus AndronicusThe Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and JulietThe Tragedy of Julius CaesarThe Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of DenmarkThe Tragedy of Othello the Moor of VeniceThe Life of Timon of AthensThe History of King Lear: The Quarto TextThe Tragedy of King Lear: The Folio TextThe Tragedy of King Lear: A Conflated TextThe Tragedy of MacbethThe Tragedy of Antony and CleopatraThe Tragedy of CoriolanusRomancesPericles, Prince of TyreThe Winter¿s TaleCymbeline, King of BritainTempestPoetryVenus and AdonisThe Rape of LucreceThe Sonnets and ¿A Lover¿s Complaint¿Various PoemsLost PlaysLove¿s Labour¿s Won: A Brief AccountCardenio: A Brief Account
language: English
title: The Norton Shakespeare: Based on the Oxford Edition
titlecomplete: The Norton Shakespeare: Based on the Oxford Edition
genres: Fiction, Plays, Theatre, Classics, Textbooks, Drama, Anthologies, Reference, Literature, Poetry
ratings_count: 2078
series: The Norton Shakespeare
publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc