{"product_id":"the-arden-shakespeare-complete-works-9781903436615","title":"The Arden Shakespeare Complete Works","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Complete Arden Shakespeare contains the texts of all Shakespeares plays and poems  edited by leading Shakespeare scholars for the renowned Arden Shakespeare series. This edition includes eight newly revised playtexts as published in the Arden Third Series since 1998. A general introduction by the three General Editors of the Arden Shakespeare Third Series gives the reader an overall view of how and why Shakespeare has become such an influential cultural icon  and how perceptions of his work have changed in the intervening four centuries. The introduction summarizes the known facts about the dramatists life  his reading and use of sources  and the nature of theatrical performance during his lifetime. Brief introductions to each play  written specially for this volume by the Arden General Editors  discuss the date and contemporary context of the play  its position within Shakespeares oeuvre  and its subsequent performance history. An extensive glossary with nearly 400 entries explains vocabulary which may be unfamiliar to modern readers. Table of Contents List of IllustrationsGeneral Editors PrefaceIntroductionShakespeares SonnetsA Lovers ComplaintVenus and AdonisLucreceThe Passionate Pilgrim\"The Phoenix and Turtle\"Alls Well That Ends WellAntony and CleopatraAs You Like ItThe Comedy of ErrorsCoriolanusCymbelineHamletJulius CaesarKing Henry IV  Part 1King Henry IV  Part 2King Henry VKing Henry VI  Part 1King Henry VI  Part 2King Henry VI  Part 3King Henry VIIIKing JohnKing LearKing Richard IIKing Richard IIILoves Labours LostMacbethMeasure for MeasureThe Merchant of VeniceThe Merry Wives of WindsorA Midsummer Nights DreamMuch Ado About NothingOthelloPericlesRomeo and JulietThe Taming of the ShrewThe TempestTimon of AthensTitus AndronicusTroilus and CressidaTwelfth NightThe Two Gentlemen of VeronaThe Two Noble KinsmenThe Winters TaleBibliographyIndex of first lines of sonnetsIndex of first lines of songsGlossary\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45279766839349,"sku":"ByrdShop_1903436613","price":81.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781903436615.jpg?v=1780609499","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-arden-shakespeare-complete-works-9781903436615","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}