{"product_id":"timon-of-athens-folger-shakespeare-library-9780671479558","title":"Timon of Athens (Folger Shakespeare Library)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTimon of Athens (Folger Shakespeare Library)\u003c\/strong\u003e by Shakespeare, William. mass_market edition. ISBN: 9780671479558.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe real Timon of Athens lived there in the fifth century BCE, making him a contemporary of Socrates and Pericles. Shakespeare presents Timon as a figure who suffers such profound disillusionment that he becomes a misanthrope, or man-hater. This makes him a more interesting character than the caricature he had become to Shakespeare’s contemporaries, for whom “Timonist” was a slang term for an unsociable man.\n\nShakespeare’s play includes the wealthy, magnificent, and extravagantly generous figure of Timon before his transformation. Timon expects that, having received as gifts all that he owned, his friends will be equally generous to him.\n\nOnce his creditors clamor for repayment, Timon finds that his idealization of friendship is an illusion. He repudiates his friends, abandons Athens, and retreats to the woods. Yet his misanthropy arises from the destruction of an admirable illusion, from which his subsequent hatred can never be entirely disentangled.\n\nThe authoritative edition of Timon of Athens from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers, includes:\n\n-Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play\n-Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play\n-Scene-by-scene plot summaries\n-A key to the play’s famous lines and phrases\n-An introduction to reading Shakespeare’s language\n-An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play\n-Fresh images from the Folger Shakespeare Library’s vast holdings of rare books\n-An annotated guide to further reading\n\nEssay by Coppélia Kahn\n\nThe Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, is home to the world’s largest collection of Shakespeare’s printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs. For more information, visit Folger.edu.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45118179180597,"sku":"ByrdShop_0671479555","price":90.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780671479558_78ef6289-4c10-480a-b89b-18ffc0bf276a.jpg?v=1779904973","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/timon-of-athens-folger-shakespeare-library-9780671479558","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}