Description: This new "Complete Works" marks the completion of the Arden Shakespeare Third Series and includes the complete plays, poems and sonnets, edited by leading international scholars. New to this edition are the 'apocryphal' plays, part-written by Shakespeare: "Double Falsehood", "Sir Thomas More", and "King Edward III." The anthology is unique in giving all three extant texts of "Hamlet" from Shakespeare's time: the first and second Quarto texts of 1603 and 1604-5, and the first Folio text of 1623. The volume has a general introduction, short contextual introductions to the texts, a glossary, and a bibliography to aid understanding and study.
Brief description: ANN THOMPSON is Emeritus Professor in English at King' s College London UK.
Review Quotes:
"An invaluable possession. Alphabetising the plays makes them much easier to cross reference between texts and the various introductions are a swift reminder of what to look for when encountering the plays, finding a decent middle ground, both scholarly and accessible." --feeling listless
"Its design is functional and attractive ... a manageable and approachable book, among the most portable of the collected Shakespeares ... An unusual feature is the fact that the plays are printed in alphabetical order ... This system is an advantage for those consulting references in several works." --Sederi Yearbook