The New Oxford Shakespeare: Modern Critical Edition: The Complete Works

William Shakespeare

Oct 2016 · Oxford University Press

About this ebook

The Complete Works: Modern Critical Edition is part of the landmark New Oxford Shakespeare—an entirely new consideration of all of Shakespeare's works, edited afresh from all the surviving original versions of his work, and drawing on the latest literary, textual, and theatrical scholarship. In one attractive volume, the Modern Critical Edition gives today's students and playgoers the very best resources they need to understand and enjoy all Shakespeare's works. The authoritative text is accompanied by extensive explanatory and performance notes, and innovative introductory materials which lead the reader into exploring questions about interpretation, textual variants, literary criticism, and performance, for themselves. The Modern Critical Edition presents the plays and poetry in the order in which Shakespeare wrote them, so that readers can follow the development of his imagination, his engagement with a rapidly evolving culture and theatre, and his relationship to his literary contemporaries. The New Oxford Shakespeare consists of four interconnected publications: the Modern Critical Edition (with modern spelling), the Critical Reference Edition (with original spelling), a companion volume on Authorship, and an online version integrating all of this material on OUP's high-powered scholarly editions platform. Together, they provide the perfect resource for the future of Shakespeare studies.

Ratings and reviews

This review is for "The New Oxford Shakespeare". This edition of Shakespeare's works is one of 2 or 3 editions that I highly recommend. This edition offers plenty of information along side the play's text, that assist the reader in understanding not only some of the archaic meanings, but also relating to performance. However, this specific Google Books edition has a very annoying issue in comparison to the kindle version. Unlike the Kindle version, you cannot go directly to a specific play without flipping thru the entire book to find the location, as neither the table of contents or the reader program/app itself allow for enable the reader to directly access it unless having previously created a bookmark to that place in the book. This, coupled with the fact that this volume is basically a pdf reproduction of the physical book, make it a inconvenient to read on a small device. This book is best enjoyed on either a larger screen tablet, or as the original physical edition.

About the author

Gary Taylor is Distinguished Research Professor at Florida State University. John Jowett is Professor of Shakespeare Studies and Deputy Director of the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham. Terri Bourus is Professor of Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama at Indiana University, Indianapolis. Gabriel Egan is Professor of Shakespeare Studies at De Montfort University.