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Twelfth night, or, What you will

Title
Twelfth night, or, What you will / [William Shakespeare] ; edited by Elizabeth Story Donno ; with an updated introduction by Penny Gay.
Author
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017.

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Additional Authors
  • Donno, Elizabeth Story, 1921-2008
  • Gay, Penny
  • Cambridge University Press, publisher.
Description
xv, 178 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
"This third edition of Twelfth Night retains the text edited and annotated by Elizabeth Story Donno for the first edition of 1985, and features an updated introduction by Penny Gay, which focuses on recent scholarship and performance history. Building on her Introduction to the second edition, Gay stresses the play's theatricality, its elaborate linguistic games and its complex use of Ovidian myths. She analyses the delicate balance Shakespeare strikes in Twelfth Night between romance and realism, and explores representations of gender, sexuality and identity in the text. A selection of new photographs completes the edition." -- Publisher's description
Series Statement
  • The New Cambridge Shakespeare
  • Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Works. 2014 (Pearson). 1984. Cambridge University Press.
Uniform Title
Twelfth night
Alternative Title
  • Twelfth night
  • What you will
Subject
  • Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
  • Shipwreck survival > Drama
  • Mistaken identity > Drama
  • Siblings > Drama
  • Twins > Drama
  • Illyria > Drama
Note
  • Previous ed. published: 2004.
  • Text is based on the first folio of 1623.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Preface to first edition -- Preface to third edition -- Introduction / by Penny Gay. Date and early performances -- The play's sources -- Imaginary geography and stage space -- Puritans and clowns -- Time, chance and the poetry of romance -- Myths and metamorphosis -- Gender sexuality and the stage -- Language -- Riddles -- Music -- Critical fashions -- Stage history -- 'Autumnal' Twelfth Nights -- Carnival Twelfth Nights -- Local Shakespeares -- 'Original practices' -- Adaptations -- Note on the text -- List of characters -- The play -- Textual analysis -- Reading list.
Call Number
JFE 17-10121
ISBN
  • 9781107126275
  • 1107126274
  • 9781107565463
  • 1107565464
OCLC
953597654
Author
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
Title
Twelfth night, or, What you will / [William Shakespeare] ; edited by Elizabeth Story Donno ; with an updated introduction by Penny Gay.
Publisher
Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Edition
Third edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
The New Cambridge Shakespeare
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Works. 2014 (Pearson). 1984. Cambridge University Press.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Added Author
Donno, Elizabeth Story, 1921-2008, editor.
Gay, Penny, writer of introduction.
Cambridge University Press, publisher.
Research Call Number
JFE 17-10121
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