The Oxford Shakespeare: King John
Seiten
1989
Clarendon Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-812930-1 (ISBN)
Clarendon Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-812930-1 (ISBN)
This edition of one of Shakespeare's more neglected plays offers a wide-ranging critical introduction, concentrating on its relevance to Elizabethan political issues and on the role played in it by women, by legal concepts and practices, and by the family. Full and helpful annotation pays special attention to the play's language and staging.
This important new edition of one of Shakespeare's more neglected plays offers a wide-ranging critical introduction, concentrating on its relevance to Elizabethan political issues and on the role played in it by women, by legal concepts and practices, and by the family. The printing of the play in the First Folio (1623) is studied in fresh detail, and there are illustrations of the play in performance, and a comprehensive stage history. Full and helpful annotation pays special attention to the play's language and staging.
This important new edition of one of Shakespeare's more neglected plays offers a wide-ranging critical introduction, concentrating on its relevance to Elizabethan political issues and on the role played in it by women, by legal concepts and practices, and by the family. The printing of the play in the First Folio (1623) is studied in fresh detail, and there are illustrations of the play in performance, and a comprehensive stage history. Full and helpful annotation pays special attention to the play's language and staging.
Introduction. Date and sources. The text: early records; copy for "King John" in the folio; act and scene division; revision. "King John" - a critical introduction: political language and the language of "King John"; Wills and the Crown of England; monarchs, parents and the bastard; patterns of action in "King John". "King John" in the theatre: early stage history; the text in the theatre; theatrical reputation and stage history. Editorial procedures. Abbreviations and references. "The Life and Death of King John". Appendices: A - speech-prefixes in act 2; B - "care" (4.2.117); C - "an angel spake" (5.2.64); D - lineation and speech assignments, 5.6.1-6; E - 5.7.117-18. Index.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 27.7.1989 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | The Oxford Shakespeare |
| Zusatzinfo | 7 halftones and 3 photo quotes |
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 142 x 225 mm |
| Gewicht | 1 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Dramatik / Theater |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-812930-0 / 0198129300 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-812930-1 / 9780198129301 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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