Shakespeare and Text

Jowett, John

Oxford University Press

'Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?' Dark and violent, Macbeth is a restless, haunting exploration of the human costs of violence and power. One of the most theatrically spectacular of Shakespeare's plays, Macbeth has endured as a psychologically and supernaturally sinister work. Emma Smith's introduction considers the historical and contemporary contexts of the play, from the influence of the Gunpowder Plot as an act of domestic terrorism, to the combination of banal domesticity and pure horror in the play's setting and events. The New Oxford Shakespeare offers authoritative editions of Shakespeare's works with introductory materials designed to encourage new interpretations of the plays and poems. Using the text from the landmark The New Oxford Shakespeare Complete Works: Modern Critical Edition, these volumes offer readers the latest thinking on the authentic texts (collated from all surviving original versions of Shakespeare's work) alongside innovative introductions from leading scholars. The texts are accompanied by a comprehensive set of critical apparatus to give readers the best resources to help understand and enjoy Shakespeare's work. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Macbeth: The New Oxford Shakespeare (Oxford World's Classics)

Literature & Fiction

Smith, Emma

Shakespeare., William

Dramas & Plays

This Companion grew out of the years of research undertaken to produce The Oxford Shakespeare. Its general introduction surveys the present state of knowledge about how Shakespeare's works reached print, and describes the editorial procedures that guided the editors of the parent work. In addition, the editors provide an introduction for each work, describing its principal textual characteristics, and outlining what is known or can be reliably conjectured about its manuscript origins. Textual notes to the works provide lists of variant readings, indicate the play's original stage directions, record editorial departures from the control-text, and offer detailed discussions both of doubtful readings and of recent modernizations. Changes to spelling features and punctuation of control texts are also recorded as are lineation changes. Both an essential companion to The Oxford Shakespeare and a valuable reference tool for all students of Shakespeare, this volume is an important contribution to Shakespearean scholarship.

William Shakespeare: A Textual Companion

Montgomery, William

Shakespeare and Text: Revised Edition (Oxford Shakespeare Topics)

Shakespeare and Text is built on the research and experience of a leading expert on Shakespeare editing and textual studies. The first edition has proved its value as an indispensable and unique guide to its topic. It takes Shakespeare readers to the very foundation of his work, explaining how his plays first took shape in the theatre where writing was part of a larger collective enterprise. The account examines the early modern printing industry that produced the earliest surviving texts of Shakespeare's plays. It describes the roles of publisher and printer, the controls exerted through the Stationers' Company, and the technology of printing. A chapter is devoted to the book that gathered Shakespeare's plays together for the first time, the First Folio of 1623. Shakespeare and Text goes on to survey the major developments in textual studies over the past century. It builds on the recent upsurge of interest in textual theory, and deals with issues such as collaboration, the instability of the text, the relationship between theatre culture and print culture, and the book as a material object. Later chapters examine the current critical edition, explaining the procedures that transform early texts in to a very different cultural artefact, the edition in which we regularly encounter Shakespeare. The new revised edition, which builds on Jowett's research for the New Oxford Shakespeare, engages with scholarship of the past decade, work that has transformed our understanding of textual versions, has opened up the taxonomy of Shakespeare's texts, and has significantly extended the picture of Shakespeare as a co-author. A new chapter describes digital text, digital editing, and their interface with the traditional media.

A leather-bound edition of the complete works of William Shakespeare. It combines impeccable scholarship with beautifully written editorial material and a user-friendly layout of the text. Also included is a foreword, list of contents, general introduction, essay on language, contemporary allusions to Shakespeare, glossary, consolidated bibliography and index of first lines of Sonnets.

The Oxford Shakespeare: The Complete Works

Taylor, Gary

WELLS, Stanley

Oxford Shakespeare Topics provide students and teachers with short books on important aspects of Shakespeare criticism and scholarship. Each book is written by an authority in its field, and combines accessible style with original discussion of its subject. Shakespeare and Text is an indispensable and unique guide to its topic. It takes Shakespeare readers to the very foundation of his work, explaining how his plays first took shape in the theatre where writing was part of a larger collective enterprise. As the resulting manuscripts are virtually all lost, the account then turns to the early modern printing industry that produced the earliest surviving texts of Shakespeare's plays. It describes the roles of publisher and printer, the controls exerted through the Stationers' Company, and the technology of printing. A chapter is devoted to the book that gathered Shakespeare's plays together for the first time, the First Folio of 1623. Shakespeare and Text goes on to survey the major developments in textual studies over the past century. It builds on the recent upsurge of interest in textual theory, and deals with issues such as collaboration, the instability of the text, the relationship between theatre culture and print culture, and the book as a material object. Later chapters examine the current critical edition, explaining the procedures that transform early texts in to a very different cultural arte fact, the edition in which we regularly encounter Shakespeare.

Shakespeare and Text (Oxford Shakespeare Topics)

Oxford Shakespeare Topics provide students and teachers with short books on important aspects of Shakespeare criticism and scholarship. Each book is written by an authority in its field, and combines accessible style with original discussion of its subject. Shakespeare and Text is an indispensable and unique guide to its topic. It takes Shakespeare readers to the very foundation of his work, explaining how his plays first took shape in the theatre where writing was part of a larger collective enterprise. As the resulting manuscripts are virtually all lost, the account then turns to the early modern printing industry that produced the earliest surviving texts of Shakespeare's plays. It describes the roles of publisher and printer, the controls exerted through the Stationers' Company, and the technology of printing. A chapter is devoted to the book that gathered Shakespeare's plays together for the first time, the First Folio of 1623. Shakespeare and Text goes on to survey the major developments in textual studies over the past century. It builds on the recent upsurge of interest in textual theory, and deals with issues such as collaboration, the instability of the text, the relationship between theatre culture and print culture, and the book as a material object. Later chapters examine the current critical edition, explaining the procedures that transform early texts in to a very different cultural artefact, the edition in which we regularly encounter Shakespeare.

A comprehensive accompaniment and resource for students and educators.A comprehensive reference work on Shakespearean textual problems, setting forth the editorial principles of the Oxford Edition and providing a concise history of Shakespeare editing. Includes for each play, textual notes, press-variants, discussions of emendations and plausible alternative readings, and much more. Indispensable for serious students.

W.W.Norton&Company

In Matthew 22:37-40 Jesus re-emphasized what was repeatedly written in the Old Testament: 
 “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” 
 It is obvious that these are the most important of all commandments. And, as Jesus emphasized, all the Law and all that the Prophets have these two most important commandments as their foundation. It helps of course to have details and examples on how to accomplish these two commandments “that matter most.” 
 Our love of God must be sincere, not in word and tongue only. Not only should our love of affection be given to God, but also all the powers of the soul and mind must be engaged for him and ever ready to hear and carry out His commandments. Likewise to love our neighbour as ourselves, is the second great commandment. 
 There is a selfishness (or self-love) which is corrupt, and the root of many sins – it must be put off and mortified. But there is a self-love that is proper – as we must have a due concern for the welfare of our own souls and bodies. Also it helps in understanding what others need. And so we must love our neighbour as truly and sincerely as we love ourselves. In many cases we must deny ourselves for the good of others. By these two commandments – if followed will mature you into what God wants you to be.

Things That Matter Most

Religion & Spirituality

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Shakespeare and Text

Macbeth: The New Oxford Shakespeare (Oxford World's Classics)

William Shakespeare: A Textual Companion

Shakespeare and Text: Revised Edition (Oxford Shakespeare Topics)

Shakespeare and Text: Revised Edition (Oxford Shakespeare Topics)

The Oxford Shakespeare: The Complete Works

Shakespeare and Text (Oxford Shakespeare Topics)

Shakespeare and Text (Oxford Shakespeare Topics)

William Shakespeare: A Textual Companion

Things That Matter Most