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| The Norton Shakespeare: Based on the Oxford Edition | 
 enlarge | Creators: Stephen Greenblatt, Walter Cohen, Jean E. Howard, Katharine Eisaman Maus
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Category: Book
List Price: $78.10
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Avg. Customer Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 338530
Media: Textbook Binding
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 3420
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 6.3 x 2.8
ISBN: 0393970876
Dewey Decimal Number: 822.33
EAN: 9780393970876
ASIN: 0393970876
Publication Date: March 1997
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Product Description
Comprising the complete works of William Shakespeare, based on the Oxford edition, this book has been edited and annotated to provide a single-column text. Each play has an introduction aimed at encouraging a fresh approach to the work. In the general introduction, the editor draws a picture of everyday life in Elizabethan England: the culture, the people, commerce, politics and religion. He describes Shakespeare's family life and his professional career as a working man of the theatre. He also discusses the printing and publishing of the plays, and recent developments in textual scholarship. Lastly, he considers questions affecting Shakespeare criticism. An essay by Andrew Gurr (University of Reading), on the staging of Shakespeare's plays explains, for example, how the plays were performed at the "Globe" theatre. An accompanying CD-ROM, "The Norton Shakespeare Workshop" is also available.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 17 more reviews...
 New (2nd) Norton is simply the best one volume there is October 9, 2008
This edition continues the tradition of excellence from Norton. This book was designed primarily for college students, but as an older amature Shakespearian, I appreciate the background essays and the academic notes. The paper quality and font are very readable despite the size, and having all of the works in one volume is fantastic. This it the one Shakespeare i carry with me when I travel. It's notes serve very well if you are going to see a performance of a play you have not seen in a while or are not familiar with.
 The Norton Shakespeare October 4, 2008
The Norton Shakespeare book I recieved was in slightly worse condition then explain but pretty quick delivery and would but from again.
Thank you for the book!
Complete Shakespeare September 30, 2008
This is a really good book. It was everything from Shakespeare. And the plays, poems, sonnets are in the order that they were released. Only negative is that the book is huge. hard to luge it around campus, but over all a complete book.
 Wishing for an e-version September 24, 2008
The 2nd edition of the Norton Shakespeare is what it is, a second edition. All be it the foward and play introductions have been updated to reflect what has been learned about Shakespeare and his works since the last publication; it's still a heavy tome at 6 pounds. For those of us using this as a text, which is what the Nortan Shakespeare was meant to be, it's a huge burden. The publisher needs to come out with the e-version soon; save our backs, please!
A college must July 24, 2008
Most students who have taken any college course on Shakespeare have purchased this book. I purchased one for my Shakespeare class and found myself reading the plays included in the book that weren't even assigned. If you want to get a concise book of Shakespeare's work, this Norton version is the way to go.
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