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The Necessary Shakespeare

ISBN: 9780321272508 | 0321272501
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Longman
Pub. Date: 1/1/2005

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SummaryTable of Contents
Extracted from the best-sellingComplete Works of Shakespeare, 5/eby David Bevington,The Necessary Shakespeareoffers the most comprehensive scholarly apparatus, with the most often taughtnecessaryof Shakespeare's work, creating a truly concise yet complete anthology.This anthology provides extensive introductions to the plays and poems-offering discussion topics, sources for each play, and the stage history of performances.Readers interested in Shakespeare.
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Prefacevi
General Introduction
Life in Shakespeare's Englandviii
The Drama Before Shakespearexxviii
London Theaters and Dramatic Companiesxlii
Shakespeare's Life and Workli
Shakespeare's Language: His Development as Poet and Dramatistlxxix
Editions and Editors of Shakespearelxxxvi
Shakespeare Criticismxcvii
THE COMEDIES
The Taming of the Shrew
2(40)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
42(32)
The Merchant of Venice
74(39)
Much Ado About Nothing
113(37)
As You Like It
150(40)
Twelfth Night; Or, What You Will
190(37)
Measure for Measure
227(43)
THE HISTORIES
The Tragedy of King Richard the Third
270(56)
The Tragedy of King Richard the Second
326(44)
The First Part of King Henry the Fourth
370(42)
The Life of King Henry the Fifth
412(48)
THE TRAGEDIES
Romeo and Juliet
460(46)
Julius Caesar
506(40)
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
546(59)
Othello, the Moor of Venice
605(51)
King Lear
656(54)
Macbeth
710(38)
Antony and Cleopatra
748(54)
THE ROMANCES
The Winter's Tale
802(43)
The Tempest
845(35)
THE POEMS
Sonnets
880
Appendix 1 Canon, Dates, and Early Texts1(13)
Appendix 2 Sources14(22)
Appendix 3 Shakespeare in Performance36(12)
The Royal Genealogy of England48(2)
Maps50(2)
Bibliography52(19)
Textual Notes71(13)
Glossary of Shakespearean Words84
Index2

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