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Twelfth Night: Or What You Will

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Twelfth Night: Or What You Will
Authors and Contributors      By (author) William Shakespeare
Edited by Elizabeth Story Donno
Introduction by Penny Gay
SeriesThe New Cambridge Shakespeare
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:194
Dimensions(mm): Height 228,Width 152
Category/GenreShakespeare plays
Literary studies - c 1500 to c 1800
ISBN/Barcode 9781107565463
ClassificationsDewey:822.33
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Edition 3rd Revised edition
Illustrations 20 Halftones, black and white

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 17 August 2017
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to students worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship and emphasis on performance. The series features line-by-line commentaries and textual notes on the plays and poems. Introductions are regularly refreshed with accounts of new critical, stage and screen interpretations. This third edition of Twelfth Night retains the text edited and annotated by Elizabeth Story Donno for the first edition of 1985, and features an updated introduction by Penny Gay, which focuses on recent scholarship and performance history. Building on her Introduction to the second edition, Gay stresses the play's theatricality, its elaborate linguistic games and its complex use of Ovidian myths. She analyses the delicate balance Shakespeare strikes in Twelfth Night between romance and realism, and explores representations of gender, sexuality and identity in the text. A selection of new photographs completes the edition.

Author Biography

Penny Gay is Emeritus Professor in English and Drama at the University of Sydney.

Reviews

"The editorial goals of the Arden project are ably met in this edition. Elam's...astounding knowledge of elements of performance make this edition a mustread...Brings together into one volume a wealth of textual, bibliographical, and critical scholarship; a variety of background materials; helpful images and charts; and information and analysis concerning stage and film performances.The introduction exemplifies scholarly achievement...Magisterial footnotes."--"Shakespeare Quarterly" "The editorial goals of the Arden project are ably met in this edition. Elam's...astounding knowledge of elements of performance make this edition a mustread...Brings together into one volume a wealth of textual, bibliographical, and critical scholarship; a variety of background materials; helpful images and charts; and information and analysis concerning stage and film performances.The introduction exemplifies scholarly achievement...Magisterial footnotes."-"Shakespeare Quarterly"