| Edition |
Second edition. |
| Description |
lxxv, 1344 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 1311-1326) and index. |
| Contents |
Two Gentlemen of Verona (1589-91) -- The Taming of the Shrew (1590-1)) -- The first part of the Contention of the Two Famous Houses of York and Lancaster (1590-1) -- The True Tragedy of Richard Duke of York and the Good King Henry the Sixth (1591) -- The first part of Henry the Sixth (1592) -- The most lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus (1592) -- The Tragedy of King Richard the Third (1592-3) -- Venus and Adonis (1592-3) -- The Rape of Lucrece (1593-4) -- The Reign of King Edward the Third (1594) -- The Comedy of Errors (1594) -- Love's Labour's Lost (1594-5) -- Love's Labour's Won (1595-6): A brief account -- The Tragedy of King Richard the Second (1595) -- The most excellent and lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet (1595) -- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595) -- The Life and Death of King John (1596) -- The comical history of the Merchant of Venice, or otherwise called the Jew of Venice (1596-7) -- The history of Henry the Fourth (1596-7) -- The Merry Wives of Windsor (1597-8) -- The second part of Henry the Fourth (1597-8) -- Much Ado About Nothing (1598-9). |
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The Life of Henry the Fifth (1598-9) -- The Tragedy of Julius Caesar (1599) -- As you like it (1599-1600) -- The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (1600-1) -- Twelfth Night, or What You Will (1601) -- Troilus and Cressida (1602) -- Sonnets (1593-1603) and 'A Lover's Complaint' (1603-4) -- Various Poems (1593-1616) -- The Book of Sir Thomas More (1603-4) -- Measure for Measure (1603-4); adapted 1621) -- The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice (1603-4) -- The History of King Lear (1605-6); The Quarto Text -- The Life of Timon Athens (1606) -- The Tragedy of Macbeth (1606; adapted 1616) -- The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra (1606) -- All's Well That Ends Well (1606-7) -- Pericles, Prince of Tyre (1607): A reconstructed text -- The Tragedy of Coriolanus (1608) -- The Winter's Tale (1609-10) -- The Tragedy of King Lear (1610): The Folio Text -- Cymbeline, King of Britain (1610-11) -- The Tempest (1610-11) -- Cardenio (1612-13): A brief account -- All is True (1613) -- The Two Noble Kinsmen (1613). |
| Summary |
Presents the works of William Shakespeare, along with an analysis of the nature and authority of the early documents, a list of the canon and chronological order of composition, an essay on Shakespeare's language, and a bibliography. |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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| Added Author |
Wells, Stanley, 1930-
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Taylor, Gary, 1953-
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| Added Title |
Works. 2005
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| ISBN |
0199267170 |
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0199267189 (paperback) |
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