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Timon of Athens

William Shakespeare
Edited by John Jowett

Oxford World's Classics

384 pages | 3 pp halftones | 196x129mm

978-0-19-953744-0 | Paperback | 14 August 2008

Also available as: Hardback

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The first full edition of Timon of Athens to identify the play as a collaboration between Shakespeare and Thomas Middleton.
Supplies the previously missing context of Middleton and his works in generous detail.
The Introduction provides the fullest account of the play's performance history available. It explores issues of gender, gift-theory, and ecology in relation to the play.
The up-to-date commentary is more detailed and thorough than any previously published.
Appendices include source materials and a chronology of all major stage productions.

The Oxford Shakespeare
General Editor: Stanley Wells
The Oxford Shakespeare offers authoritative texts from leading scholars in editions designed to interpret and illuminate the plays for modern readers

- A new, modern-spelling text, collated and edited from all existing printings
- On-page commentary and notes explain meaning, staging, language, and allusions
- Detailed introduction provides a full account of the play's performance history and explores issues of gender, gift-theory, and ecology
- Appendices include source materials and a chronology of major productions worldwide
- Illustrated with production photographs and related art
- Full index to introduction and commentary
- Durable sewn binding for lasting use

'not simply a better text but a new conception of Shakespeare. This is a major achievement of twentieth-century scholarship.'

ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Readership: Readers and students of Shakespeare, English literature, drama, Elizabethan studies

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