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Twelfth Night, or What You Will: The Oxford Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
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Description for Twelfth Night, or What You Will: The Oxford Shakespeare
Paperback. Editor(s): Warren, Roger; Wells, Stanley W. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages, halftones. BIC Classification: DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 276.
Twelfth Night is one of the most popular of Shakespeare's plays in the modern theatre, and this edition places particular emphasis on its theatrical qualities throughout. Peopled with lovers misled either by disguises or their own natures, it combines lyrical melancholy with broad comedy. The introduction analyses its many views of love and the juxtaposition of joy and melancholy, while the detailed commentary pays particular attention to its linguistic subtleties. Music is particularly important in Twelfth Night, and this is the only modern edition to offer material for all the ... Read more
Twelfth Night is one of the most popular of Shakespeare's plays in the modern theatre, and this edition places particular emphasis on its theatrical qualities throughout. Peopled with lovers misled either by disguises or their own natures, it combines lyrical melancholy with broad comedy. The introduction analyses its many views of love and the juxtaposition of joy and melancholy, while the detailed commentary pays particular attention to its linguistic subtleties. Music is particularly important in Twelfth Night, and this is the only modern edition to offer material for all the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199536092
SKU
9780199536092
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About William Shakespeare
Roger Warren is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Leicester. He has worked with the RSC, at Stratford Ontario, and in particularly with Peter Hall on the season of late Shakespeare plays at the National Theatre, and on recent RSC productions. Stanley Wells, General Editor of the whole Oxford Shakespeare series, is Chairman of The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, ... Read more
Reviews for Twelfth Night, or What You Will: The Oxford Shakespeare
The commentary on Twelfth Night is alive with the editors' feeling for the play in performance.
M.M. Mahoud, University of Kent, YES, 27, 1996
M.M. Mahoud, University of Kent, YES, 27, 1996