The Complete Pelican Shakespeare

by Shakespeare, William; Orgel, Stephen; Braunmuller, A. R.

• ISBN13: 9780141000589
• ISBN10: 0141000589
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-10-01
• Publisher: Penguin Group

Summary

THE CLASSIC ONE-VOLUME SHAKESPEARE, INCLUDING ALL THE PLAYS AND POEMS, NOW COMPLETELY REVISED AND UPDATED The distinguished Pelican Shakespeare series has sold five million copies. Now Penguin is proud to offer this fully revised new hardcover edition of The Complete Pelican Shakespeare. Since the series debuted more than forty years ago, developments in scholarship have revolutionized our understanding of William Shakespeare, his time, and his works. With new editors who have incorporated the most up-to-date research and debate, this revised edition of The Complete Pelican Shakespearewill be the premier choice for students, professors, and general readers for decades to come. The general editors of the series-world-renowned Shakespeareans Stephen Orgel of Stanford University and A. R. Braunmuller of UCLA - devoted seven years to preparing introductions and notes with a team of eminent scholars to the forty volumes of Shakespeare's plays and poems. Now, the new series is complete and available in one lavish and complete edition. * Authoritative and meticulously researched texts * Illuminating new introductions and notes by distinguished authors * Essays on Shakespeare's life, the theatrical world of his time, and the selection of texts * A handsome new design inside and out * Deluxe packaging, including a full-linen case, ribbon marker, Smyth-sewn binding, printed endpapers, acid-free paper, and illustrations throughout * Photos and drawings reflecting Shakespeare's theatrical legacy * Line numbers marking every tenth line and footnote references * Both glossorial and explanatory notes appearing conveniently at the foot of the page

Author Biography

Stephen Orgel is the J. E. Reynolds Professor in Humanities at Stanford University. His books include The Authentic Shakespeare, Impersonations: The Performance of Gender in Shakespeare's England, and The Illusion of Power. In addition to his Shakespeare editions, he has edited works of Ben Jonson, Marlowe, and Milton.

A. R. Braunmuller is professor of English and comparative literature at UCLA, where he teaches courses on English and European drama from 1500 to the present. He has written critical volumes on George Peele and George Chapman and has edited King John and Macbeth.

Table of Contents

Editors
Acknowledgments
Publisher's Note
The Opening Pages of the Folio of 1623
The Quartos

General Introduction
The Shakespearian Theater World
William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon, Gentleman
The Texts of Shakespeare
A Comparative Table

Nondramatic Poetry
The Narrative Poems - edited by Jonathan Crewe:
Venus and Adonis
Lucrece
The Phoenix and the Turtle
The Passionate Pilgrim
A Lover's Complaint

The Sonnets - edited by Stephen Orgel with an Introduction by John Hollander
Index of First Lines to The Sonnets

Comedies
The Two Gentlemen of Verona - edited by Mary Beth Rose
The Taming of the Shrew - edited by Stephen Orgel
The Comedy of Errors - edited by Frances E. Dolan
Love's Labor's Lost - edited by Peter Holland
A Midsummer Night's Dream - edited by Russ McDonald
The Merchant of Venice - edited by A.R. Braunmuller
The Merry Wives of Windsow - edited by Russ McDonald
Much Ado About Nothing - edited by Peter Holland
As You Like It - edited by Frances E. Dolan
Twelfth Night, or, What You Will - edited by Jonathan Crewe
The History of Troilus and Cressida - edited by Jonathan Crewe
Measure for Measure - edited by Jonathan Crewe
All's Well That Ends Well - edited by Claire McEachern
Pericles Prince of Tyre - edited by Stephen Orgel
Cymbeline - edited by Peter Holland
The Winter's Tale - edited by Frances E. Dolan
The Tempest - edited by Peter Holland

Histories
Genealogical Chart
Monarchs of England
The First Part of Henry the Sixth - edited by William Montgomery with an Introduction by Janis Lull
The Second Part of Henry the Sixth - edited by William Montgomery with an Introduction by Janis Lull
The Third Part of Henry the Sixth - edited by William Montgomery with an Introduction by Janis Lull
The Tragedy of King Richard the Third - edited by Peter Holland
The Tragedy of King Richard the Second - edited by Frances E. Dolan
The Life and Death of King John - edited by Claire McEachern
The First Part of King Henry the Fourth - edited by Claire McEachern
The Second Part of King Henry the Fourth - edited by Claire McEachern
The Life of King Henry the Fifth - edited by Claire McEachern
The Life of King Henry the Eighth - edited by Jonathan Crewe

Tragedies
Titus Andronicus - edited by Russ McDonald
Romeo and Juliet - edited by Peter Holland
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar - edited by William Montgomery with an Introduction by Douglas Trevor
The Tragical History of Hamlet Prince of Denmark - edited by A.R. Braunmuller
The Tragedy of Othello the Moor of Venice - edited by Russ McDonald
The Life of Timon of Athens - edited by Frances E. Dolan
King Lear: The 1608 Quarto and 1623 Folio Texts - edited by Stephen Orgel
King Lear: A Conflated Text - edited by Stephen Orgel
Macbeth - edited by Stephen Orgel
Antony and Cleopatra - edited by A.R. Braunmuller
The Tragedy of Coriolanus - edited by Jonathan Crewe
Index of Songs