First Quarto of the Merry Wives of Windsor''

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

Sommario

Introduction; The play.

Info autore

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).

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: David (University of Leeds) Lindley
• Con la collaborazione di: David Lindley (Editore), David (University of Leeds) Lindley (Editore), Lindley David (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9781107044098
• ISBN: 978-1-107-04409-8
• Pagine: 92
• Serie: New Cambridge Shakespeare: The; The New Cambridge Shakespeare; The New Cambridge Shakespeare: The Early Quartos
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; 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