The Complete Pelican Shakespeare

by Alfred Harbage (Editor), Alfred Harbage (Editor), William Shakespeare (Author), William Shakespeare (Author)

• New

  Illustrated
  2002

  $71.39

  This major new complete edition of Shakespeare's works combines accessibility with the latest scholarship. Each play and collection of poems is preceded by a substantial introduction that looks at textual and literary-historical issues. The texts themselves have been scrupulously edited and are accompanied by same-page notes and glossaries. Particular attention has been paid to the design of the book to ensure that this first new edition of the twenty-first century is both attractive and approachable.

• Used

  Paperback
  1988

  $4.73

• Used

  Hardcover
  1988

  $4.49

  William Shakespeare: the Complete Works , first published in 1986, is presented here in a compact format. This new edition re-examines the original documents and includes recent findings of textual scholarship. The works are given in chronological order, original titles have been restored and the canon has been rethought permitting the inclusion of The Two Noble Kinsmen and some generally unfamiliar short poems. King Lear is printed both as Shakespeare originally wrote it and as he revised it some years later. Other plays, too, are based on what new research has identified as Shakespeare's revised, more theatrical text. Stage directions have been reconsidered in the light of the plays' original staging, and spelling and punctuation have been modernized. Stanley Wells has written the general introduction and an introduction to each individual work. He and Gary Taylor are the general editors while each of the four editors has undertaken prime responsibility for certain works.