New readings in Shakespeare

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New readings in Shakespeare

by C.J. Sisson

(Paperback re-issue)

Cambridge University Press, 2014, c1956

  • v. 1 : pbk
  • v. 2 : pbk

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Shakespeare problems

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Originally issued in the series: Shakespeare problems

"First published 1956. First paperback edition 2014"--T.p. verso

V.1: Introduction, the comedies, the poems. -- v. 2: The histories, the tragedies

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

v. 1 : pbk ISBN 9781107416123

Description

Originally published in 1956 as part of the Shakespeare Problems series, this two-volume work contains a survey of contemporary proposals for the restoration of the 'true text' of Shakespearean plays. This first volume assesses various points of contention in the Comedies and in Shakespeare's poems The Rape of Lucrece, Venus and Adonis, A Lover's Complaint, The Passionate Pilgrim and the well-known Sonnets. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the reconstruction of Shakespeare's plays and in the history of Shakespearean textual criticism.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • Part I. The Comedies: 1. The Tempest
  • 2. The Two Gentlemen of Verona
  • 3. The Merry Wives of Windsor
  • 4. Measure for Measure
  • 5. The Comedy of Errors
  • 6. Much Ado about Nothing
  • 7. Love's Labours Lost
  • 8. A Midsummer Night's Dream
  • 10. The Merchant of Venice
  • 11. As You Like It
  • 12. The Taming of the Shrew
  • 13. All's Well that Ends Well
  • 14. Twelfth Night
  • 15. The Winter's Tale
  • Part II. The Poems: 1. Venus and Adonis
  • 2. The Rape of Lucrece
  • 3. Sonnets
  • 4. A Lover's Complaint
  • 5. The Passionate Pilgrim.
Volume

v. 2 : pbk ISBN 9781107416154

Description

Originally published in 1956 as part of the Shakespeare Problems series, this two-volume work contains a survey of contemporary proposals for the restoration of the 'true text' of Shakespearean plays. This second volume assesses various points of contention in the Histories and the Tragedies. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the reconstruction of Shakespeare's plays and in the history of Shakespearean textual criticism.

Table of Contents

  • Part III. The Histories: 1. King John
  • 2. King Richard the Second
  • 3. The First Part of King Henry the Fourth
  • 4. The Second Part of King Henry the Fourth
  • 5. King Henry the Fifth
  • 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. King Richard the Third
  • 10. King Henry the Eighth
  • Part IV. The Tragedies: 1. Troilus and Cressida
  • 2. Coriolanus
  • 3. Titus Andronicus
  • 4. Romeo and Juliet
  • 5. Timon of Athens
  • 6. Julius Caesar
  • 7. Macbeth
  • 8. Hamlet
  • 9. King Lear
  • 10. Othello
  • 11. Anthony and Cleopatra
  • 12. Cymbeline
  • 13. Pericles.

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