Twelfth Night: Or What You Will

Shakespeare, William

ISBN 10 : 060620959X ISBN 13 : 9780606209595

Editeur : Demco Media, 2002

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

In this edition of Shakespeare an attempt is made to present the greater plays of the dramatist in their literary aspect, and not merely as material for the study of philology or grammar. Criticism purely verbal and textual has only been included to such an extent as may serve to help the student in the appreciation of the essential poetry. Questions of date and literary history have been fully dealt with in the I ntroductions, but the larger space has been devoted to the interpretative rather than the matter-of-fact order of scholarship. A esthetic judgments are never final, but theE ditors have attempted to suggest points of view from which the analysis of dramatic motive and dramatic character may be profitably undertaken. In theN otes likewise, while it is hoped that all unfamiliar expressions and allusions have been adequately explained, yet it has been thought even more important to consider the dramatic value of each scene, and the part which it plays in relation to the whole. These general principles are common to the whole series ;in detail each Editor is alone responsible for the play or plays that have been intrusted to him. Every volume of the series has been provided with aG lossary, anE ssay upon Metre, and an I ndex; and Appendices have been added upon points of special interest, which could not conveniently be treated in the Introduction or theN otes. The text is based by the several Editors on that of the Globe edition :the only omissions made are those that are unavoidable in an edition likely to be used by young students. By the systematic arrangement of the introductory matter, and by close attention to typographical details, every effort has been made to provide an edition that will prove convenient in use. Boston, A ugust, 1895.
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Présentation de l'éditeur :

The text of this edition ofT welfth Night is based upon a collation of the seventeenth century Folios, the Globe edition, the Cambridge (W. A. Wright) edition of 1891, and that of Delius (1882). As compared with the text of the earlier editions of Hudson sS hakespeare, it is conservative. Exclusive of changes in spellii, punctuation, and stage directions, very few emendations by eighteenth century and nineteenth century editors have been adopted; and these, with every variation from the First Folio, are indicated in the textual notes. These notes are printed immediately belovtr the text, so that a reader or student may see at a glance the evidence in the case of a disputed reading, and have some definite understanding of the reasons for those differences in the text of Shakespeare which frequently surprise and very often annoy. Such an arrangement should be of special help in the case of a play universally read and very often acted, as actors and interpreters seldom agree in adhering to one text. A consideration of the more poetical, or the more dramatically effective, of two variant readings will often lead to rich results in awakening a spirit of discriminating interpretation and in developing true creative criticism. In no sense is this a textual ,variorum edidon. The variants given are only those of importance and high authority. The spelling and the punctuation of the text are modem, except in the case of verb terminations in -, which, when thee is silent, are printed with the apostrophe in its place.
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À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Demco Media
• Date d'édition: 2002
• ISBN 10: 060620959X
• ISBN 13: 9780606209595
• Reliure: Belle reliure