The life and death of King John /
Edited by the eminent A.R. Braunmuller, this thorough edition of King John -- the first scholarly edition in almost fifteen years -- makes a significant contribution to the study of Shakespeare's works. Braunmuller offers a wide-ranging critical introduction, which focuses on the play's po...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford : New York :
Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press,
1989
Oxford [Oxfordshire] : New York : 1989 Oxford [Oxfordshire] : New York : 1989 Oxford [Oxfordshire] : New York : 1989 |
| Series: | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Works. 1982
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Works. 1982 Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Works. 1982. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Works. 1988. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Works. 2014 1982. |
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| Summary: | Edited by the eminent A.R. Braunmuller, this thorough edition of King John -- the first scholarly edition in almost fifteen years -- makes a significant contribution to the study of Shakespeare's works. Braunmuller offers a wide-ranging critical introduction, which focuses on the play's political relevance in Elizabethan England, its relationship to legal issues of the day, its treatment of women and families, and its overall aesthetic importance in Shakespeare's early career. He also provides a richly detailed stage history, full annotations that are especially sensitive to the play's language and staging, and an ample bibliographical study of the Folio (1623) text. The most comprehensive and up-to-date edition of King John currently available, this book is an invaluable resource for Shakespearean scholars, students, and theatergoers alike A critical edition of Shakespeare's play with an introduction which concentrates on the play's relevance to Elizabethan political issues and the role played in it by women by legal concepts and practices and by the family. The First Folio (1623) and the play's stage history are studied |
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| Item Description: | Spine title: King John This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC |
| Physical Description: | ix, 303 p. : ill. ; 22 cm ix, 303 p. : ill. ; 23 cm ix, 303 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index Includes bibliographical references |
| ISBN: | 0192814583 (pbk.) : 0192814583 (pbk.) 0192814583 0198129300 : 9780192814586 |