Timon of Athens
Edition: 3 edition
Publisher: Thomson Learning; Arden Shakespeare; Cengage Learning
Published: April 30, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 500
ISBN-13: 9781903436967
Subjects: English literature: Shakespeare criticism; English literature: Shakespeare texts; Shakespeare plays, texts; Shakespeare studies & criticism; Drama; English; Plays; Shakespeare
Description: "Timon of Athens has struck many readers as rough and unpolished, perhaps even unfinished, though to others it has appeared as Shakespeare's most profound tragic allegory. Described by Coleridge as 'the stillborn twin of King Lear', the play has nevertheless proved brilliantly effective in performance over the past thirty or forty years." "This edition accepts and contributes to the growing scholarly consensus that the play is not Shakespeare's solo work, but is the result of his collaboration with Thomas Middleton, who wrote about a third of it. The editors offer an account of the process of collaboration and discuss the different ways that each author contributes to the play's relentless look at the corruption and greed of society. They provide, as well, detailed annotation of the text and explore the wide range of critical and theatrical interpretations that the play has engendered." --Book Jacket.
Notes: Arden Shakespeare: Third