Much Ado About Nothing: The Oxford Shakespeare, 9780199536115
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Witty banter, gender roles, and love’s trials in Shakespeare’s comedy.

Much Ado About Nothing: The Oxford Shakespeare

The Oxford Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing

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  • Paperback

    224 pages

  • Release Date

    30 June 2008

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Summary

Sparkling with the witty dialogue between Beatrice and Benedict, Much Ado About Nothing is one of Shakespeare’s most enjoyable and theatrically successful comedies. This edition offers a newly edited text and an exceptionally helpful and critically aware introduction. Paying particular attention to analysis of the play’s minor characters, Sheldon P. Zitner discusses Shakespeare’s transformation of his source material. He rethinks the attitudes to gender relations that underlie the co…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780199536115
ISBN-10:0199536112
Author:William Shakespeare, Sheldon P. Zitner
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Imprint:Oxford University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:224
Release Date:30 June 2008
Weight:236g
Dimensions:200mm x 130mm x 15mm
Series:Oxford World's Classics
About The Author

William Shakespeare

Sheldon P. Zitner is Professor Emeritus, Trinity College, University of Toronto. He has written extensively on Renaissance Literature, including a recent book-length study of All’s Well That Ends Well (Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1989).

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