Merry Wives of Windsor The Oxford Shakespeare

Name: Merry Wives of Windsor The Oxford Shakespeare
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ISBN: 9780199536825

ISBN-10: 0199536821

ISBN-13: 9780199536825

Edition: 2008

Authors: William. Shakespeare, T. W. Craik

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When a new play was required at short notice for a court occasion in 1597, Shakespeare created The Merry Wives of Windsor, a warm-hearted and spirited "citizen comedy" filled with boisterous action, situational irony, rich characterization--and the likes of Falstaff, Pistol, Mistress Quickly, and Justice Shallow. In his introduction and commentary, Craik examines a wide range of topics, including the play's probable occasion, its relationship to Shakespeare's English history plays and to other sources, its textual history, with particular reference to the widely diverging 1623 Folio and 1602 Quarto, and its quality as drama. In light of various topical, critical, and theatrical…

Book details

List price: $10.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/15/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.08" wide x 7.72" long x 0.35" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



List of illustrations


Introduction: Shakespeare's Garter Play: The occasion and the date of The Merry Wives of Windsor


Shakespeare's English Comedy: The substance and the dramatic structure of the play


Interpretations, critical and theatrical, of the play


The quarto and folio texts


Editorial procedures


Abbreviations and references


The Merry Wives of Windsor



The Textual Crux at 1.1.20-1



Evan's Song in Act 3, Scene 1



Falstaff's Disguise as Herne the Hunter



Alterations to Lineation of the Folio