Table Of ContentPreface General Introduction The Comedies Life in Shakespeare's England London Theaters and Dramatic Companies Shakespeare's Life and Work Shakespeare's Language: His Development as a Poet and Dramatist Shakespeare Criticism The Comedies The Comedy of Errors Love's Labor's Lost The Two Gentlemen of Verona The Taming of the Shrew A Midsummer Night's Dream The Merchant of Venice Much Ado About Nothing The Merry Wives of Windsor As You Like It Twelfth Night; or, What You Will All's Well That Ends Well Measure for Measure Troilus and Cressida Appendix 1: Canon, Dates, and Early Texts Appendix 2: Sources Appendix 3: Shakespeare in Performance Bibliography: Suggestions for Reading and Research Textual Notes Glossary: Shakespearean Words and Meanings of Frequent Occurrence Index
SynopsisShakespeare's Comediesfeatures all the scholarship and pedagogy of David Bevington'sThe Complete Works of Shakespearein a genre-specific, paperback volume. Pulled from Bevington's popular and authoritative hardcoverThe Complete Works of Shakespeare, 5e,Shakespeare's Comediesand three other genre volumesShakespeare's Tragedies, Shakespeare's Histories,andShakespeare's Romances and Poemsare also available for purchase on their own.Shakespeare's Comediesprovides the same balanced editorial approach and proven apparatus that combine to make Bevington'sComplete Worksthe most accessible collection available. A prestigious editorial board provides state-of-the-art scholarship and interpretative balance on each play. In-depth historical coverage helps readers understand the cultural context behind each play, without dictating their interpretation of it. Extensive notes and glosses give readers the support they need to understand Elizabethan language and idiomatic expressions. For those who want all of Shakespeare's Comedies in one volume., Shakespeare's Comedies features all the scholarship and pedagogy of David Bevington's The Complete Works of Shakespeare in a genre-specific, paperback volume. Pulled from Bevington's popular and authoritative hardcover The Complete Works of Shakespeare , 5e, Shakespeare's Comedies and three other genre volumes- Shakespeare's Tragedies, Shakespeare's Histories, and Shakespeare's Romances and Poems- are available on their own or packaged in customized bundles for use in specialized courses. Shakespeare's Comedies provides the same balanced editorial approach and proven apparatus that combine to make Bevington's Complete Works the most accessible collection available. A prestigious editorial board provides state-of-the-art scholarship and interpretative balance on each play. In-depth historical coverage helps students understand the cultural context behind each play, without dictating their reading of it. Extensive notes and glosses give students the support they need to understand Elizabethan language and idiomatic expressions., "Shakespeare' s Comedies "features all the scholarship and pedagogy of David Bevington' s "The Complete Works of Shakespeare "in a genre-specific, paperback volume. Pulled from Bevington' s popular and authoritative hardcover "The Complete Works of Shakespeare," 5e, "Shakespeare' s Comedies" and three other genre volumes-"Shakespeare' s Tragedies, Shakespeare' s Histories, "and "Shakespeare' s Romances and Poems-"are also available for purchase on their own. "Shakespeare' s Comedies" provides the same balanced editorial approach and proven apparatus that combine to make Bevington' s "Complete Works" the most accessible collection available. A prestigious editorial board provides state-of-the-art scholarship and interpretative balance on each play. In-depth historical coverage helps readers understand the cultural context behind each play, without dictating their interpretation of it. Extensive notes and glosses give readers the support they need to understand Elizabethan language and idiomatic expressions. For those who want all of Shakespeare' s Comedies in one volume.