基本説明
Edited by Jill L. Levenson. Offers modernized texts not only of the 1599 quarto also of the short quarto of 1597.
Full Description
The Oxford Shakespeare offers authoritative texts from leading scholars in editions designed to interpret and illuminate the plays for modern readers * a new, modern-spelling text, collated and edited from all existing printings * on-page commentary and notes explain meaning, staging, allusions, and much else * detailed introduction considers composition, sources, performances, and changing critical attitudes to the play * illustrated with production photographs and related art * full index to introduction and commentary * durable sewn binding for lasting use not simply a better text but a new conception of Shakespeare. This is a major achievement of twentieth- century scholarship. Times Literary Supplement
Contents
List of Illustrations; Introduction; Editorial Procedures; Abbreviations and References; THE MOST EXCELLENT AND LAMENTABLE TRAGEDY OF ROMEO AND JULIET; An Excellent Conceited Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet (Q1); Index