The Winter's Tale

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Winter's Tale
Authors and Contributors      By (author) William Shakespeare
Edited by Susan Snyder
Edited by Deborah T. Curren-Aquino
SeriesThe New Cambridge Shakespeare
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:306
Dimensions(mm): Height 228,Width 152
Category/GenreShakespeare plays
ISBN/Barcode 9780521293730
ClassificationsDewey:822.33
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
General
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 30 Halftones, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 8 March 2007
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 and an extensive introduction. The Winter's Tale is one of Shakespeare's most varied, theatrically self-conscious, and emotionally wide-ranging plays. Much of the play's copiousness inheres in its generic intermingling of tragedy, comedy, romance, pastoral, and the history play. In addition to dates and sources, the introduction attends to iterative patterns, the nature and cause of Leontes' jealousy, the staging and meaning of the bear episode, and the thematic and structural implications of the figure of Time. Special attention is paid to the ending and its tempered happiness. Performance history is integrated throughout the introduction and commentary. Appendices include the theatrical practice of doubling.

Author Biography

Susan Snyder was formerly a scholar in residence at the Folger Shakespeare Library and a former Professor of English at Swarthmore College. Deborah T. Curren-Aquino is Reader at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington DC.

Reviews

'... The New Cambridge Shakespeare produces superb editions that rank with the Arden and the Oxford as the best in the business. This year's The Winter's Tale is no exception.' Studies in English Literature