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William Shakespeare - Sir Thomas More: Third Series (Arden Shakespeare Third) - 9781904271475 - V9781904271475
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Sir Thomas More: Third Series (Arden Shakespeare Third)

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Description for Sir Thomas More: Third Series (Arden Shakespeare Third) Hardcover. Sir Thomas More deals with matters so controversial that it may never have reached performance on stage. A compelling play of riots and religious politics, it is also an intriguing document of what could, and could not, be articulated in the early modern public theatre. Editor(s): Jowett, John. Series: The Arden Shakespeare Third Series. Num Pages: 544 pages, 15 in introduction. BIC Classification: DDS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 600.
This edition of Sir Thomas More is the first to bring the play into the context of a major Shakespeare series, to provide a substantial critical analysis, and to offer a comprehensive modern stage history. The introduction deals with issues such as the strange involvement of the anti-Catholic spy-hunter Anthony Munday as chief dramatist, the place of Sir Thomas More as a Catholic martyr in Protestant late Elizabethan culture, and the play's representation of a multi-cultural London.The text itself, supported by a searching and detailed commentary, adopts a distinctive presentation that enables readers to keep track of the manuscript and ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare
Number of pages
544
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Series
The Arden Shakespeare Third Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781904271475
SKU
V9781904271475
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About William Shakespeare
Professor John Jowett is Chair of Shakespeare Studies at The Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham. He is a Series Editor of the Arden Early Modern Drama series and an Editor of the New Oxford Shakespeare Complete Works.

Reviews for Sir Thomas More: Third Series (Arden Shakespeare Third)
It is an impressive piece of scholarship, surpassing its predecessor edited by Gabrieli and Melchiori in attention to technical detail, and in tackling the complexities of what some have considered the most politically incorrect Elizabethan play that we possess... The Arden edition succeeds in opening a can of worms which challenges contemporary critical thinking.
Notes and Queries, OUP, September ... Read more

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