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Anthony and Cleopatra: The Oxford Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
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Description for Anthony and Cleopatra: The Oxford Shakespeare
Paperback. Editor(s): Neill, Michael. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages, 12 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 412.
In its towering central characters, vast geographical and historical sweep, and its variety of style and mood, Anthony and Cleopatra is perhaps the most ambitious of Shakespeare's designs. Yet the degree and nature of its success remain surprisingly contentious, and performances of the play have seldom matched the extravagant expectations of its admirers. Michael Neill's wide-ranging introduction from a number of angles, including those of gender and race. He examines the sources and discusses the theatrical challenge presented by Shakespeare's technique, with its extraordinary tensions between rhetoric and action. A full stage history further illustrates its theatrical ... Read more
In its towering central characters, vast geographical and historical sweep, and its variety of style and mood, Anthony and Cleopatra is perhaps the most ambitious of Shakespeare's designs. Yet the degree and nature of its success remain surprisingly contentious, and performances of the play have seldom matched the extravagant expectations of its admirers. Michael Neill's wide-ranging introduction from a number of angles, including those of gender and race. He examines the sources and discusses the theatrical challenge presented by Shakespeare's technique, with its extraordinary tensions between rhetoric and action. A full stage history further illustrates its theatrical ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199535781
SKU
V9780199535781
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About William Shakespeare
Michael Neill is Associate Professor of English at Aukland University.
Reviews for Anthony and Cleopatra: The Oxford Shakespeare
'Stanley Wells' OUP Complete Works of Shakespeare is now eight years old and has spawned a new Oxford Shakespeare which appears now in splendidly affordable volumes in that nonpareil of libraries of good reading The World's Classics.' The Oxford Times