Synopses & Reviews
The Arden Shakespeare has long been acclaimed as the established scholarly edition of Shakespeare's work. Now being totally re-edited for the third time, Arden editions offer the very best in contemporary scholarship. Each volume provides a clear and authoritative text, edited to the highest standards; detailed textual notes and commentary on the same page of the text; full contextual, illustrated introduction, including an in-depth survey of critical and performance approaches to the play; and selected bibliography.
Table of Contents
Preface--Abbreviations--Introduction: 1. the text: the printing; the copy; this edition; 2. Date and authorship: Date; integrity; Evidence of earlier versions; 3. Sources: Pandosto; minor sources; 4. The last plays: 1. Survey of criticism; Relationships in plot, structure, and themes; 5. The winter's tale: The nature of the play; The title; Dramatic structure; The fable and the plot; Evil and good, time, growth and decay; characters; style and language--The winter's tale