The Staunton Shakespeare 3 Volume Paperback Set

A three-volume annotated edition of Shakespeare's works by Howard Staunton, a highly regarded Shakespeare scholar.

William Shakespeare (Author), Howard Staunton (Edited by)

9781108000055, Cambridge University Press

Multiple-component retail product, published 24 September 2009

2503 pages
32.3 x 25 x 16 cm, 4.8 kg

First published between 1858 and 1860, this three-volume annotated edition of Shakespeare's works by Howard Staunton is based on the folio and quarto editions collated with the texts of later editors from Rowe to Dyce. Staunton, a chess genius as well as a highly regarded Shakespeare scholar, was known for his minimal yet sensible textual improvements and his familiarity with Elizabethan literature and language. His edition combines common sense with meticulous research, and it was regarded as a definitive resource in its day. Each play is accompanied by an introduction giving details of its original production and publication and the sources of its plot, critical commentary, and footnotes explaining terms and expressions. The books are generously illustrated with black-and-white illustrations by the prolific artist John Gilbert.

Volume I: The Two Gentlemen of Verona
2. Love's Labour's Lost
3. The Comedy of Errors
4. Romeo and Juliet
5. The Taming of the Shrew
6. King John
7. A Midsummer Night's Dream
8. The Merchant of Venice
9. King Richard the Second
10. The First Part of King Henry the Fourth
11. The Second Part of King Henry the Fourth
12. The Merry Wives of Windsor
13. Much Ado About Nothing
Volume II: All's Well That Ends Well
2. King Henry the Fifth
3. As You Like It
4. Pericles, Prince of Tyre
5. Twelfth Night
or, What You Will
6. The First Part of King Henry the Sixth
7. The Second Part of King Henry the Sixth
8. The Third Part of King Henry the Sixth
9. Timon of Athens
10. Richard the Third
11. Measure for Measure
12. King Henry the Eighth
13. Cymbeline
Volume III: The Tempest
2. King Lear
3. Coriolanus
4. A Winter's Tale
5. Troilus and Cressida
6. Hamlet
7. Julius Caesar
8. Macbeth
9. Antony and Cleopatra
10. Titus Andronicus
11. Othello
12. Poems
Glossarial Index.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: general [DSB]