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Title: Timon Of Athens Condition: New EAN: 9781903436974 ISBN: 9781903436974 Publisher: The Arden Shakespeare Format: Paperback Release Date: 24/06/2008 Item Height: 198mm Item Length: 129mm Author: William Shakespeare Contributor: Anthony Dawson (Edited by), Gretchen E. Minton (Edited by) Language: English Subtitle: Third Series ISBN-10: 1903436974 Description: Timon of Athens has struck many readers as rough and unpolished, perhaps even unfinished, though to others it has appeared as Shakespeare's most profound tragic allegory. Described by Coleridge as 'the stillborn twin of King Lear', the play has nevertheless proved brilliantly effective in performance over the past thirty or forty years.This edition accepts and contributes to the growing scholarly consensus that the play is not Shakespeare's solo work, but is the result of his collaboration with Thomas Middleton, who wrote about a third of it. The editors offer an account of the process of collaboration and discuss the different ways that each author contributes to the play's relentless look at the corruption and greed of society. They provide, as well, detailed annotation of the text and explore the wide range of critical and theatrical interpretations that the play has engendered. Tracing both its satirical and tragic strains, their introduction presents a perspective on the play's meanings that combines careful elucidation of historical context with analysis of its relevance to modern-day society.An extensive and well-illustrated account of the play's production history generates a rich sense of how the play can speak to different historical moments in specific and rewarding ways. Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Item Weight: 504g Genre: Literary Criticism Book Series: Arden Shakespeare Third Series Release Year: 2008 Missing Information?
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