
- 364 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
"A significant and substantive edition, in that nothing has been taken for granted, everything has been opened to reconsideration. The commentary is exceptionally detailed and attentive to questions of language and meaning." - Shakespeare Quarterly The Merry Wives of Windsor, Shakespeare's only thoroughly English comedy, created an archetypal literary figure in the shape of the devious, irrepressible John Falstaff. This stimulating edition celebrates the play as a joyous exploration of language, but also places elements of its plot firmly in a continental, specifically Italian, tradition of romantic comedy. It draws out the complexities of Merry Wives as a multi-plot play, and takes a fresh and challenging look at both textual and dating issues; a facsimile of the first Quarto is included as an appendix. The play's extensive performance history, both dramatic and operatic, is fully explored and discussed.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- List of tables
- General editors’ preface
- Preface and acknowledgements
- Introduction
- SIR JOHN FALSTAFF AND THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
- Appendix: The First Quarto (1602)
- Abbreviations and references
- Index