Antony and Cleopatra: A Norton Critical Edition

Antony and Cleopatra: A Norton Critical Edition

William Shakespeareâ€™s great Roman tragedy of adultery amid political conflict is now available in a richly documented and illustrated Norton Critical Edition.
This Norton Critical Edition of Antony and Cleopatra is based on the First Folio (1623), the only authoritative text of the play. The edition includes a preface, detailed explanatory annotations, two maps, and visuals ranging from a silver tetradrachm (34 B.C.E.) to an Egyptian Queen Barbie.

â€œSources, Analogues, and Contexts,â€ a rich selection of historical and literary writing, gives readers an understanding of Antony and Cleopatraâ€™s origins, from the earlier texts that inspired Shakespeare, especially those by Herodotus, Plutarch, and Virgil, to later works by Chaucer, Mary Sidney (Countess of Pembroke), and Samuel Daniel. The volume also includes a wide array of the early modern English views of Egyptians, gypsies, and women that informed Shakespeareâ€™s worldview and his writing.

â€œCriticismâ€ includes fourteen essays representing four centuries of interpretation, from the early observations of Samuel Johnson to the Romantic readings of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Hazlitt, from the razor-sharp analyses of Anna Brownell Jameson to recent essays by Jonathan Gil Harris, Patricia Parker, Anston Bosman, and Ania Loomba, among others.

â€œAdaptations, Rewritings, and Appropriationsâ€ reprints alternative versions of Antony and Cleopatraâ€™s story, including one by John Dryden, a burlesque version by F. C. Burnand, a poem by Robert Louis Stevenson, and an Arabic version by Ahmad Shawqi.

A Selected Bibliography is also included.
Country USA
Brand W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer W W Norton & Co Inc
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber Illustrations, maps
ReleaseDate 2011-06-15
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780393930771

Country	USA
Brand	W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer	W W Norton & Co Inc
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	Illustrations, maps
ReleaseDate	2011-06-15
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9780393930771

Antony and Cleopatra: A Norton Critical Edition

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