The Necessary Shakespeare
By: [edited by] David Bevington.
Contributors: Bevington, David M.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Pearson Longman
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 916
ISBN-13: 9780205652167
Copyright date: 2009
Work titles: Selections.
Description: This remarkable volume comprises not only twenty-one of Shakespeare's plays but also all of the sonnets, accompanied by a comprehensive General Introduction that addresses questions of context, language, and critical reception, and appendices that explore dates and alternate texts, sources, Shakespeare in performance, and a new guide to current films—an extraordinary and indeed necessary collection.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: GENERAL INTRODUCTION; title: Life in Shakespeare's England; title: The Drama Before Shakespeare; title: London Theatres and Dramatic Companies; title: Shakespeare's Life and Work; title: Shakespeare's Language: His Development as Poet and Dramatist; title: Editions and Editors of Shakespeare; title: Shakespeare Criticism; title: COMEDIES; title: The Taming of the Shrew; title: A Midsummer Night's Dream; title: The Merchant of Venice; title: Much Ado About Nothing; title: As You Like It; title: Twelfth Night; Or, What You Will; title: Measure for Measure; title: HISTORIES; title: The Tragedy of King Richard the Third; title: The Tragedy of King Richard the Second; title: The First Part of King Henry the Fourth; title: The Life of King Henry the Fifth; title: TRAGEDIES; title: Romeo and Juliet; title: Julius Caesar; title: Hamlet, Prince of Denmark; title: Othello, the Moor of Venice; title: King Lear; title: Macbeth; title: Antonyand Cleopatra; title: ROMANCES; title: The Winter's Tale; title: The Tempest; title: POEMS; title: Sonnets; title: Appendix 1; title: Canon, Dates, and Early Texts Appendix 2; title: Sources; title: Appendix 3; title: Shakespeare in Performance; title: Appendix 4; title: Films and Videos as a Guide to the Study of Shakespeare; title: The Royal Genealogy of England; title: Maps; title: Bibliography; title: Textual Notes; title: Glossary of Shakespearean Words; title: Index