The Norton Shakespeare
The Norton Shakespeare by William Shakespeare, published by W.W. Norton in 1997, is an international student edition comprising 3420 pages. This comprehensive volume sets a new standard for teaching editions of Shakespeare’s complete works, offering fresh scholarship and accessible introductions that enhance the reading experience. The layout features a single-column format designed to bring modern readers closer to the plays as they were originally performed.
Readers will find a wealth of resources within this edition, including helpful marginal glosses and notes that support understanding of the texts. The Second Edition, under the direction of Stephen Greenblatt, includes new features such as six maps related to the plays, updated bibliographies, and annotated film lists. Additionally, the redesigned genealogies and a timeline provide context for the works, making this edition a valuable tool for both instructors and students in the fields of literature and drama.
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Upon publication in 1997, The Norton Shakespeare set a newstandard for teaching editions of Shakespeare’s complete works.Instructors and students worldwide welcomed the fresh scholarship,lively and accessible introductions, helpful marginal glosses andnotes, readable single-column format, all designed in support ofthe goal of the Oxford text: to bring the modern reader closer thanbefore possible to Shakespeare’s plays as they were first acted.Now, under Stephen Greenblatt’s direction, the editors haveconsidered afresh each introduction and all of the apparatus tomake the Second Edition an even better teaching tool.
Helpful New Features
6 maps, three new, showing places important to Shakespeare’splays, and three archival, accompanied by Jean E. Howard’s newintroduction, “Early Modern Map Culture.”
Selected Bibliographies for each play are newly annotated andextensively updated.
Reorganized General Bibliography significantly updated with over350 new entries and 7 new sections.
Annotated Film Lists (over 50 films are included) follow the playintroductions.
Texts/Contexts Timeline
Redesigned Genealogies and new Tudor/Stuart genealogy
List of illustrations
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