The Staunton Shakespeare
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The Staunton Shakespeare
（Cambridge library collection, . Literary studies）
Cambridge University Press, 2009
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The plays of Shakespeare
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"This digitally printed version 2009"--T.p. verso
Reprint. Originally published: London : George Routledge, 1858
Includes bibliographical references and index (v. 3)
Description and Table of Contents
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v. 1 : [pbk.] ISBN 9781108000017
Description
First published in 1858, this is the first of three volumes of Howard Staunton's collection of Shakespeare's plays, with black-and-white illustrations by the prolific artist John Gilbert. Staunton's annotated edition, based on the folio and quarto editions collated with the texts of later editors from Rowe to Dyce, combines common sense with meticulous research, making it a definitive resource in its day. Each play is accompanied by an introduction giving details of its original production and publication and the sources of its plot, critical commentary, and footnotes explaining terms and expressions. This volume contains The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Love's Labour's Lost, The Comedy of Errors, Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, King John, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice, King Richard II, King Henry IV Part 1, King Henry IV Part II, The Merry Wives of Windsor, and Much Ado About Nothing.
Table of Contents
- 1. The Two Gentlemen of Verona
- 2. Love's Labour's Lost
- 3. The Comedy of Errors
- 4. Romeo and Juliet
- 5. The Taming of the Shrew
- 6. King John
- 7. A Midsummer Night's Dream
- 8. The Merchant of Venice
- 9. King Richard the Second
- 10. The First Part of King Henry the Fourth
- 11. The Second Part of King Henry the Fourth
- 12. The Merry Wives of Windsor
- 13. Much Ado About Nothing.
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v. 2 : [pbk.] ISBN 9781108000031
Description
First published in 1859, this is the second of three volumes of Howard Staunton's collection of Shakespeare's plays, with black-and-white illustrations by the prolific artist John Gilbert. Staunton's annotated edition, based on the folio and quarto editions collated with the texts of later editors from Rowe to Dyce, combines common sense with meticulous research, making it a definitive resource in its day. Each play is accompanied by an introduction giving details of its original production and publication and the sources of its plot, critical commentary, and footnotes explaining terms and expressions. This volume contains All's Well That Ends Well, Henry V, As You Like It, Pericles, Prince of Tyre; Twelfth Night, Henry VI Part I, Henry VI Part 2, Henry VI Part 3, Timon of Athens, Richard III, Measure for Measure, Henry VIII, and Cymbeline.
Table of Contents
- 1. All's Well That Ends Well
- 2. King Henry the Fifth
- 3. As You Like It
- 4. Pericles, Prince of Tyre
- 5. Twelfth Night
- or, What You Will
- 6. The First Part of King Henry the Sixth
- 7. The Second Part of King Henry the Sixth
- 8. The Third Part of King Henry the Sixth
- 9. Timon of Athens
- 10. Richard the Third
- 11. Measure For Measure
- 12. King Henry the Eighth
- 13. Cymbeline.
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v. 3 : [pbk.] ISBN 9781108000048
Description
First published in 1860, this is the third and final volume of Howard Staunton's collection of Shakespeare's plays, with black-and-white illustrations by the prolific artist John Gilbert. Staunton's annotated edition, based on the folio and quarto editions collated with the texts of later editors from Rowe to Dyce, combines common sense with meticulous research, making it a definitive resource in its day. Each play is accompanied by an introduction giving details of its original production and publication and the sources of its plot, critical commentary, and footnotes explaining terms and expressions. This volume contains The Tempest, King Lear, Coriolanus, Winter's Tale, Troilus and Cressida, Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, Titus Andronicus and Othello. The volume concludes with the Sonnets and Poems and a glossarial index.
Table of Contents
- 1. The Tempest
- 2. King Lear
- 3. Coriolanus
- 4. Winter's Tale
- 5. Troilus and Cressida
- 6. Hamlet
- 7. Julius Caesar
- 8. Macbeth
- 9. Antony and Cleopatra
- 10. Titus Andronicus
- 11. Othello
- 12. Poems
- Glossarial Index.
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