| The Winter's Tale: Third Series Contributor(s): Shakespeare, William (Author), Pitcher, John (Editor), Thompson, Ann (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1903436354 ISBN-13: 9781903436356 Publisher: Arden Shakespeare OUR PRICE: $13.25 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Drama - Drama | Shakespeare |
| Dewey: 822.33 |
| Series: Arden Shakespeare Third (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.04" W x 7.72" (1.15 lbs) 496 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: One of Shakespeare's later plays, best described as a tragi-comedy, the play falls into two distinct parts. In the first Leontes is thrown into a jealous rage by his suspicions of his wife Hermione and his best-friend, and imprisons her and orders that her new born daughter be left to perish. The second half is a pastoral comedy with the lost daughter Perdita having been rescued by shepherds and now in love with a young prince. The play ends with former lovers and friends reunited after the apparently miraculous resurrection of Hermione. John Pitcher's lively introduction and commentary explores the extraordinary merging of theatrical forms in the play and its success in performance. As the recent Sam Mendes production at the Old Vic shows, this is a play that can work a kind of magic in the theatre. |
Contributor Bio(s): Thompson, Ann: - ANN THOMPSON is Professor of English and Director of the London Shakespeare Centre and King's College LondonKastan, David Scott: - David Scott Kastan is the George M. Bodman Professor of English at Yale University, USA.Proudfoot, Richard: - Professor Richard Proudfoot served as Senior General Editor of the Arden Shakespeare for 35 years, until his retirement from King's in 1999. In 2001 The Arden Shakespeare published Proudfoot's Shakespeare: Text, Stage and Canon a critical overview of the scholarly achievements made in the field of Shakespeare studies by the end of the twentieth century.Shakespeare, William: - William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an English dramatist, poet, and actor, generally regarded as the greatest playwright of all time. |