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Introducing this edition, Gary Taylor shows how Shakespeare shaped his historical material, examines controversial critical interpretations, discusses the play's fluctuating fortunes in performance, and analyses the range and variety of Shakespeare's characterization. The first Folio text is radically rethought, making original use of the First Quarto (1600).
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Classical in form, prestige, epic and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
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- Author
- William Shakespeare
- First published
- 1900
- Pages
- 166
- Publisher
- Bobbs-Merrill, Penguin USA, Inc., Jack
- Editions
- 631
- Language
- German, mar, Italian, French
- ISBN
- 9780389210115
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William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His surviving works, including some collaborations, consist of 38 plays,[c] 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. He has invented over 1700 words some of which are common. ([Source][1].) [1]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare Looking for the '[First Folio](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL362289W/Plays)'?
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