The Oxford Shakespeare: The Complete Works

by Shakespeare, William; Wells, Stanley;

• ISBN13: 9780199267187
• ISBN10: 0199267189
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-04-21
• Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr

Summary

The second Oxford edition of Shakespeare's Complete Works reconsiders every detail of their text and presentation in the light of modern scholarship. The nature and authority of the early documents are re-examined, and the canon and chronological order of composition freshly established.Spelling and punctuation are modernized, and there is a brief introduction to each work, as well as an illuminating and informative General Introduction. Included here for the first time is the play The Reign of King Edward the Third as well as the full text of Sir Thomas More. This new edition alsofeatures an essay on Shakespeare's language by David Crystal, and a bibliography of foundational works.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Contemporary Allusions to Shakespeare

Commendatory Poems and Prefaces (1599-1640)

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

The Taming of the Shrew

The First Part of the Contention of the Two Famous Houses of York and Lancaster (2 Henry VI)

The True Tragedy of Richard Duke of York and the Good King Henry the Sixth (3 Henry VI)

The First Part of Henry the Sixth

The Most Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus

The Tragedy of King Richard the Third

Venus and Adonis

The Rape of Lucrece

The Reign of King Edward the Third

The Comedy of Errors

Love's Labour's Lost

Love's Labour's Won: A Brief Account

The Tragedy of King Richard the Second

The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet

A Midsummer Night's Dream

The Life and Death of King John

The Comical History of The Merchant of Venice, or Otherwise Called the Jew of Venice

The History of Henry the Fourth (1 Henry IV)

The Merry Wives of Windsor

The Second Part of Henry the Fourth (2 Henry IV)

Much Ado About Nothing

The Life of Henry the Fifth

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar

As You Like It

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

Twelfth Night, or What You Will

Troilus and Cressida

Sonnets and 'A Lover's Complaint'

Various Poems

Sir Thomas More

Measure for Measure

The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice

The Life of Timon of Athens

The History of King Lear: The Quarto Text

The Tragedy of Macbeth

The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra

All's Well That Ends Well

Pericles, Prince of Tyre: A Reconstructed Text

The Tragedy of Coriolanus

The Winter's Tale

The Tragedy of King Lear: The Folio Text

Cymbeline, King of Britain

The Tempest

Cardenio: A Brief Account

All Is True (Henry VIII)

The Two Noble Kinsmen

Select Glossary

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