As You Like It: The Oxford Shakespeare
$19.05
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
7 May 2008
Summary
As You Like It is Shakespeare’s most light-hearted comedy, and its witty heroine Rosalind has his longest female role. In this edition, Alan Brissenden reassesses both its textual and performance history, showing how interpretations have changed since the first recorded production in 1740. He examines Shakespeare’s sources and elucidates the central themes of love, pastoral, and doubleness. Detailed annotations investigate the allusive and often bawdy language, enabling student, actor, and di…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780199536153 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0199536155 |
| Author: | William Shakespeare, Alan Brissenden |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 7 May 2008 |
| Weight: | 274g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 129mm x 13mm |
| Series: | Oxford World's Classics |
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`‘The annotation is generally superb…Especially outstanding is the section [in the Introduction] on the play in performance. There are 21 captivating illustrations. This edition shows the result of much original research and it is recommended unreservedly.“Year’s Work in English Studies
About The Author
William Shakespeare
Alan Brissenden is Reader in English, University of Adelaide, Australia.
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