An extensive glossary explains vocabulary which may be unfamiliar to modern readers. The introduction summarises the known facts about the dramatist's life, his reading and use of sources, and the nature of theatrical performance during his lifetime.Brief introductions to each play, written specially for this volume by the Arden General Editors, discuss the date and contemporary context of the play, its position within Shakespeare's oeuvre, and its subsequent performance history. A general introduction gives the reader an overall view of how and why Shakespeare has become such an influential cultural icon, and how perceptions of his work have changed in the intervening four centuries. A short introduction outlines its complex textual history and the arguments for including it within the Shakespeare canon.The Complete Works contains the texts of all Shakespeare's plays, poems and sonnets, edited by leading Shakespeare scholars for the renowned Arden series. There have been plays and sonnets attributed to Shakespeare that were not authentically written by the great master of language and literature. Shakespeares writing average was 1.5 plays a year since he first started writing in 1589. The play is an eighteenth century rewrite of Shakespeare's "lost" play Cardenio and as such is a fascinating testament to the original. Arden Shakespeare Third Series Complete Works by Richard Proudfoot,David Scott Kastan. According to historians, Shakespeare wrote 37 plays and 154 sonnets throughout the span of his life.
An extensive glossary explains vocabulary which may be unfamiliar to modern readers.This revised edition of the Arden Shakespeare Complete Works includes the full text of Double Falsehood, which was published in the Arden Third series to critical acclaim in 2010. Brief introductions to each play, written specially for this volume by the Arden General Editors, discuss the date and contemporary context of the play, its position within Shakespeare's oeuvre, and its subsequent performance history.
The introduction summarises the known facts about the dramatist's life, his reading and use of sources, and the nature of theatrical performance during his lifetime. The Complete Works contains the texts of all Shakespeare's plays, poems and sonnets, edited by leading Shakespeare scholars for the renowned Arden series. A short introduction outlines its complex textual history and the arguments for including it within the Shakespeare canon. The play is an eighteenth century rewrite of Shakespeare's "lost" play Cardenio and as such is a fascinating testament to the original. This revised edition of the Arden Shakespeare Complete Works includes the full text of Double Falsehood, which was published in the Arden Third series to critical acclaim in 2010.
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