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In this configuration, Shakespeare does what he often does in his late plays: In these last plays, man is at the limits of his sovereignty as a human being, where everything that he has lived by, stood for, or loved is put to the test. Like Prometheus on the crag,….
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You may find it helpful to search within the site to see how similar or related subjects are covered. Complete Sonnets and Poems: To be avoided are The New Oxford Shakespeare ed. Taylor, Jowett, Bourus, and Egan , both of which represent the worst trends in Shakespeare editing of the last 40 years, making perverse and unhelpful changes throughout. The Pelican Shakespeare ed. Orgel and Braunmuller reflects some of these unfortunate tendencies as well and is not recommended.
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The Norton Shakespeare 2nd Edition edited by Greenblatt, Cohen, Howard, and Maus took the Oxford text as its basis and so disqualifies itself on that account. The Norton 3rd Edition same editors plus McMullan and Gossett sagely abandoned the Oxford text for its own, but I have not been able to review it yet. Proudfoot, Kastan, and Thompson prints the generally high-quality Arden texts as of , but is as bare-bones as can be, including no notes whatsoever. For the texts themselves, this is an excellent edition, but the lack of even light annotation makes me hesitant to recommend it when Bevington and Evans are available.
Bate and Rasmussen opts for reprinting the First Folio texts over any others when available.
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A collection of the First Folio texts in original spelling would be welcome on that account. The First Folio of Shakespeare: It is very difficult to know where to begin with Shakespeare criticism. I put together two lists some years ago that Amazon, in their wisdom, will no longer allow me to edit.
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They are lists of books that have struck me personally, and which I think are of appeal to more than just an academic specialist. Bate has read vastly more of this stuff than I have.
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