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Twelfth night, or, What you will / [William Shakespeare] ; edited by Elizabeth Story Donno ; with an updated introduction by Penny Gay.
Van Pelt Library PR2837.A2 D58 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
- Series:
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. 1984. Cambridge University Press Works.
- The New Cambridge Shakespeare
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Twelfth night.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Twelfth night (Shakespeare, William).
- Shipwreck survival--Drama.
- Shipwreck survival.
- Mistaken identity--Drama.
- Mistaken identity.
- Siblings--Drama.
- Siblings.
- Brothers and sisters.
- Twins--Drama.
- Twins.
- Illyria--Drama.
- Illyria.
- Europe--Illyria.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 178 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Other Title:
- Twelfth night
- What you will
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- "This third edition of Twelfth Night retains the text edited and annotated by Elizabeth Story Donno for the first edition of 1985, and features an updated introduction by Penny Gay, which focuses on recent scholarship and performance history. Building on her Introduction to the second edition, Gay stresses the play's theatricality, its elaborate linguistic games and its complex use of Ovidian myths. She analyses the delicate balance Shakespeare strikes in Twelfth Night between romance and realism, and explores representations of gender, sexuality and identity in the text. A selection of new photographs completes the edition." -- Publisher's description
- Contents:
- Preface to first edition
- Preface to third edition
- Introduction / by Penny Gay. Date and early performances
- The play's sources
- Imaginary geography and stage space
- Puritans and clowns
- Time, chance and the poetry of romance
- Myths and metamorphosis
- Gender sexuality and the stage
- Language
- Riddles
- Music
- Critical fashions
- Stage history
- 'Autumnal' Twelfth Nights
- Carnival Twelfth Nights
- Local Shakespeares
- 'Original practices'
- Adaptations
- Note on the text
- List of characters
- The play
- Textual analysis
- Reading list.
- Notes:
- Previous ed. published: 2004.
- Text is based on the first folio of 1623.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781107126275
- 1107126274
- 9781107565463
- 1107565464
- OCLC:
- 953597654
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