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The Riverside Shakespeare, 2nd Edition 2nd Edition

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ISBN-13: 978-0395754900
ISBN-10: 0395754909
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  • Hardcover: 2057 pages
  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company; 2nd edition (December 31, 1996)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0395754909
  • ISBN-13: 978-0395754900
  • Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 8.2 x 2.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7.7 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (72 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsGood Edition
By Kerry Reilly on June 21, 2000
Format: Hardcover
While I sympathize somewhat with the review below -- the introductions do quibble a bit over the differences between Folio and Quarto versions, the exact source material etc. -- I found this to be an excellent version of the complete works. The essay before each play is very helpful toward understanding the literary context of the play--they _do_ talk about the characters and the action of the play, in a way that nicely complements the text. The illustrations (some black and white, some color) are also interesting and helpful. The book contains both a general introduction, which is accessible, if slightly daunting, to a reader who might not be intimately familiar with all of the plays, serving to excite interest at least. It also contains an essay on 20th century Shakespeare criticism, which introduces many of the newer movements in Shakespeare criticism that are not included in the general introduction (which focuses more on the Elizabethan historical period, and more immediate reactions to the plays). The footnotes, while they are not indicated on the line itself, are located on the same page. In looking at several other editions, I found that footnotes were sometimes actually endnotes--i.e. located in one section at the end of the play, which would be very disruptive to reading. Happily, this is not the case in this edition.
The book, as the title claims, includes all of Shakespeare's plays, Sonnets, and poems. The appendices include many other interesting tidbits that help shine some light on old Billy's life, including his will, in which he enigmatically bequeathed a "second-best bed" to his wife. Other documents are included, often with explanations to help the reader to understand (as the documents are printed verbatim, the Elizabethan spelling and punctuation is a slight impediment).
Overall, I found this to be the best of the paperback and hardcover editions I examined.
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5.0 out of 5 starsThe most complete edition of the Bard and a superb companion
By an Italian customer on September 25, 2000
Format: Hardcover
This one-volume edition of Shakespeare's works is the most complete I found on the market: it includes "The Two Noble Kinsmen", Shakespeare's addition to "Sir Thomas More" (with photographical reproduction of the pages believed to be in his handwrite), the currently hot debated poem "A Funeral Elegy by W. S." and, above all, "The Reign of King Edward III", a new play recently accepted in the canon by many authoritative editors (Arden, Cambridge, Oxford). The text of each work is carefully edited and accompanied by helpful glossarial notes, a textual discussion with short bibliography, and an impressive collation which allows the reader to find variant readings and emendations. An exhaustive critical introduction precedes each play and poem, dealing with authorship, date, sources, textual differences between quarto and folio texts, and of course the principal thematic issues. What makes this a superb edition - and indeed a real "companion" to Shakespeare studies! - is the great amount of subsidiary material, including a general introduction - focusing on Shakespeare's life, art, language, style, and on the Elizabethan historical and theatrical background - and a series of useful essays on various themes: critical approaches to the plays and poems, philological issues, history of the plays on the stage, television and cinema. There are also many interesting documents, synoptic tables, glossaries, indexes, illustrated tables (both coloured and b&w) , the reproduction of the introductory pages of the First Folio of 1623, and a rich bibliography. I personally consider this book a must have for every teacher, scholar, or simply amateur of the greatest of all poets. Buy it!
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5.0 out of 5 starsMuch Better to Use Than Norton
By A Customer on February 24, 2004
Format: Hardcover Verified Purchase
I bought this edition after using the Norton in my last semester Shakespeare class, and have found my reading of the plays for this semester's class much more enjoyable. The format is beautiful: the pages are thicker, lie flatter, and hold more content. Unlike the Norton, whose footnote numbers interrupt the reading of the text, forcing you to lose momemtum, the Riverside's are unobtrusive, available if you need them and when you want them. The introductions are prescient, interesting, and well-written. The text itself is more accurate, also. Harold Bloom, for example, in his introduction to The Invention of The Human, says he uses the Riverside and Arden, and that the Oxford (upon which the Norton is based) tries to publish the worst possible poetry. This I found amusing, if not also accurate.
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3.0 out of 5 starsLousy format spoils otherwise good edition
By A Customer on April 17, 1999
Format: Hardcover
This book has useful (though not terribly complete) introductions to each of the plays, focusing mainly on comparing various Folio and Quarto editions of the plays. It also contains some nice pictures, though I wish the Latin in them were translated or shown at a legible size. It has very nice appendicies nothing the first appearances of all the characters in the plays, and a timeline showing what historical events were occuring in relation to works written by Shakespeare and events in his life, as well as to plays by other playwrights and other literature produced at that time. The pages are relatively thin and the print small. However (this referes to the '74 edition, maybe they have changed it since then) the plays are a royal pain to read. The pages are about a foot high and the notes are at the bottom. There is no marking to indicate whether a line has a note, so the reader must read a line or two, glance down at the notes, read another few lines, look at the notes again, and so on. Were it not for this major annoyance, this would be a very good (and very complete) edition of Shakespeare's works.
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4.0 out of 5 starsit came in very good condition with little to no wear

This is a big book, but it came in very good condition with little to no wear. The only problem I had was the first couple pages - the ends of the pages were bent and crumpled... Read more

Published 7 months ago by derrick belanger
4.0 out of 5 starsBuy the First Edition

This edition does not equal the quality of the first; hence, this volume is short on supply because they are reporting it is to be discontinued.

Published 8 months ago by Dobermom
2.0 out of 5 starsBook in worse condition than described.

Description says "pages are clean and unmarked". This is NOT true. Two of the plays are heavily underlined in ink, and there is ink doodling on the right hand... Read more

Published 9 months ago by Michael Kligman
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Everything came in on time. No problemo

Published 10 months ago by John Doe
5.0 out of 5 starsThis Collection is EVERYTHING

The most comprehensive and complete Shakespeare anthology I've ever seen. It contains all 37 plays with tons of foot notes and appendixes, along with both epic poems and every... Read more

Published 10 months ago by Paul Bulger
5.0 out of 5 starsWonderful Treatment of a Wonderful Artist

Oceans of ink have been written about Shakespeare's works, so I see no reason to add my two pence. As to this edition, though, I have many good things to say. Read more

Published 11 months ago by Bret James Stewart
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