First Quarto of the Merry Wives of Windsor''

A modernised edition of one of the most controversial early texts of a Shakespeare play.

List of contents

Introduction; The play.

About the author

David Lindley is Professor Emeritus at the University of Leeds, where he taught for many years in the School of English. He has previously edited, among other texts, The Tempest for the New Cambridge Shakespeare (Cambridge, 2nd edition, 2013) and 11 court masques by Ben Jonson for The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Ben Jonson (Cambridge, forthcoming). A study of the scandalous career of Frances Howard appeared in 1993, and he has written extensively on the relationships of music and literature, including a study of Thomas Campion (1985) and Shakespeare and Music (2006).

Summary

A modernised edition of one of the most controversial early texts of a Shakespeare play. With a full introduction discussing the various theories of its origins.

Product details

• Authors: David (University of Leeds) Lindley
• Assisted by: David Lindley (Editor), David (University of Leeds) Lindley (Editor), Lindley David (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9781107044098
• ISBN: 978-1-107-04409-8
• No. of pages: 92
• Series: New Cambridge Shakespeare: The; The New Cambridge Shakespeare; The New Cambridge Shakespeare: The Early Quartos
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Classic and pre-20th century plays, Shakespeare Plays, Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean