The Norton Shakespeare

Resource Information

The work The Norton Shakespeare represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evanston Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

The Norton Shakespeare

Statement of responsibility

Stephen Greenblatt, General Editor, Harvard University ; Walter Cohen, University of Michigan ; Suzanne Gossett, General Textual Editor, Loyola University Chicago (Emerita) ; Jean E. Howard, Columbia University ; Katharine Eisaman Maus, University of Virginia ; Gordon McMullan, General Textual Editor, King's College London

Creator

• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

Contributor

• McMullan, Gordon, 1962-
• Gossett, Suzanne
• Maus, Katharine Eisaman, 1955-
• Greenblatt, Stephen, 1943-
• Cohen, Walter, 1949-
• Howard, Jean E., (Jean Elizabeth), 1948-

Editor

• Cohen, Walter, 1949-
• Gossett, Suzanne
• Greenblatt, Stephen, 1943-
• Howard, Jean E., (Jean Elizabeth), 1948-
• Maus, Katharine Eisaman, 1955-
• McMullan, Gordon, 1962-

Subject

• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

Language

eng

Summary

The Norton Shakespeare has long been acclaimed worldwide for its vibrant introductions, first among them Stephen Greenblatt's General Introduction, a richly textured portrait of Shakespeare's work and world. This Third Edition introduces a meticulously edited new text created by an expert international team of textual editors, a new introduction to the theater of Shakespeare's time, new performance notes, and hundreds of fine-tuned glosses that aid readers' understanding of the plays and poems. More than 170 Elizabethan and Jacobean illustrations round out this handsome volume, which is indispensable to all who love Shakespeare

Cataloging source

YDXCP

Dewey number

822.3/3

Index

index present

LC call number

PR2754

LC item number

.G74 2016

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adult