The Bedford Shakespeare
First Edition| ©2015 Russ McDonald; Lena Cowen Orlin
Finally, the collected works you’ve been waiting for: visual, historical, contextualized. Based on the New Cambridge Shakespeare edition of the text, The Bedford Shakespeare gathers the 25 most frequently taught plays and augments them with the rich historical and contextual materials you
Finally, the collected works you’ve been waiting for: visual, historical, contextualized. Based on the New Cambridge Shakespeare edition of the text, The Bedford Shakespeare gathers the 25 most frequently taught plays and augments them with the rich historical and contextual materials you expect from Bedford/St. Martin’s. Thoughtful, provocative analysis by eminent scholars Russ McDonald and Lena Cowen Orlin offers students concrete entry points into the plays and creates opportunities for lively classroom discussion. A lavish collection of images throughout the book features production shots, paintings, film stills, Renaissance woodcuts, maps, and more, to help students visualize what they are reading.
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Revolutionize the way your students read Shakespeare
Revolutionize the way your students read Shakespeare
Finally, the collected works you’ve been waiting for: visual, historical, contextualized. Based on the New Cambridge Shakespeare edition of the text, The Bedford Shakespeare gathers the 25 most frequently taught plays and augments them with the rich historical and contextual materials you expect from Bedford/St. Martin’s. Thoughtful, provocative analysis by eminent scholars Russ McDonald and Lena Cowen Orlin offers students concrete entry points into the plays and creates opportunities for lively classroom discussion. A lavish collection of images throughout the book features production shots, paintings, film stills, Renaissance woodcuts, maps, and more, to help students visualize what they are reading.
Features
- The "Preview" introduces just what students need to know before they read the play, including background on Shakespeare’s sources and a brief plot summary.
- Throughout the play, "Asides" illuminate significant moments in the text. Vivid images, brief commentaries on Shakespeare’s language, and striking quotations from actors, directors, and critics help students better understand what they are reading.
- After each play, the "View" offers a more extended critical approach.
- An annotated "Afterlife" highlights productions, films, television broadcasts, operas, adaptations, and paintings to emphasize the continuing cultural relevance of the play.
New to This Edition
"An exhilaratingly modern edition, clearly designed for contemporary readers, but offering a keen sense of historical context."—Kim F. Hall, Barnard College"The editors elaborate without condescending and are well attuned to the status of the plays as poetry, as cultural artifacts, and as the artistic achievements that continue to generate productions on the stage, in film, and in other kinds of writing. These are editors I trust."—Timothy Billings, Middlebury College"I love the Asides. They do what footnotes can’t do—they draw attention to cruxes and issues that might be obscured for 21st-century readers—without enforcing a reading of the play. For the instructor, this is great: it will stimulate real discussion."—Karen Raber, The University of Mississippi"This is an ambitious, original, and exciting concept. Like all mold-breakers it prompts the question, ‘Why has no-one thought of this before?’ . . . The Bedford Shakespeare is a project designed for the Internet generation."—Laurie Maguire, Oxford University
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The Bedford Shakespeare
First Edition| ©2015
Russ McDonald; Lena Cowen Orlin
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The Bedford Shakespeare
First Edition| 2015
Russ McDonald; Lena Cowen Orlin
Table of Contents
PREFACE READING SHAKESPEARE The Comedy of Errors Biography Titus Andronicus Bodies The Taming of the Shrew Discovery Richard III Empire Romeo and Juliet Gender A Midsummer Night’s Dream Genealogy Richard II Genre The Merchant of Venice Households 1 Henry IV Language Much Ado about Nothing Law 2 Henry IV London As You Like It Monarchy Henry V Nature Julius Caesar Players Hamlet Playhouses Twelfth Night Race Othello Religion Troilus and Cressida Renaissance Measure for Measure SCREENING SHAKESPEARE King Lear Society Macbeth Sources Coriolanus STAGING SHAKESPEARE Antony and Cleopatra Texts The Winter’s Tale World The Tempest The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Works CitedIndexAuthors
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Russ McDonald
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Lena Cowen Orlin
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First Edition| 2015
Russ McDonald; Lena Cowen Orlin
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