内容简介
Completely re-edited,the New Folger Library edition of Shakespeare's Plays puts readers in touch with current ways of thinking ablut Shakespeare.Each freshly edited text is based directly on what the editors consider the best early printed version of the play.Each volume contains full explanatory notes on pages facing the text of the play,as well as a helpful introduction to Shakespeare's language.The accounts of William Shakespeare's language.The accunts of William Shakespeare's life,his theater,and the publication of his plays present the latest scholarship,and the annotated reading lists suggest sources of further infoumation .The illustrations of objects,clothing,and mythological figures mentioned in the plays are drawn from the Library's vast holdings of rare books.At the Library's vast holdings of rare books.At the conclusion of each play there is a full essay by an outstanding scholar who assesses the play in the light of today's intersts and concerns.