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1. www.panmacmillan.com › the-best-shakespeare-booksThe best Shakespeare books (for every type of reader)

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   Feb 29, 2024 · The best Shakespeare books (for every type of reader) Whether you're completely new to Shakespeare and wondering where to start, the Bard's biggest fan looking for a beautiful edition of your favourite work, or somewhere in between the two, here's our guide to the best Shakespeare books.

   • Best Shakespeare Quotes for Modern Life

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   • King Lear

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   • Much Ado About Nothing

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   • The Sonnets

     The Sonnets explore many of Shakespeare's most common...

   • The Tempest

     The Tempest is Shakespeare's masterpiece of magical effects,...

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2. www.waggish.org › critRecommended Shakespeare Editions: Arden, Oxford, and ...

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   • Titus Andronicus: Jonathan Bate
   • Julius Caesar: David Daniell
   • Hamlet: Harold Jenkins
   • Troilus and Cressida: David Bevington
   • Othello: Michael Neill
   • King Lear: Kenneth Muir
   • Macbeth: Sandra Clark & Pamela Mason
   • Timon of Athens: Anthony Dawson & Gretchen Minton
   • Antony and Cleopatra: David Bevington
   • Coriolanus: Philip Brockbank

   After his edition in the 90s, Bate subsequently accepted co-authorship by George Peele, and this revised edition reflects that. Bate is trustworthy and enthusiastic on this formerly underrated and now overrated play.

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   Daniell brings an unusual passion and intensity to his introduction and commentary that may be too much for some people. I find it suits me, but otherwise A. R. Humphreys (Oxford) is excellent as well, though far more subdued.

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   Jenkins works very hard to be definitive and exhaustive, which has its benefits and downsides. I disagree with many of his interpretive arguments, but he makes them honestly, and it’s hard to match the breadth of the coverage, so this monument to 20th century scholarship is still my preferred choice. Philip Edwards (Cambridge) has much less apparat...

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   Bevington (who sadly passed away in July, 2019) was one of the most steady and reliable of editors, and he is characteristically judicious on this very problematic (in every regard) play. Superior to other editions.

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   I’ve changed my mind to prefer the provocative Neill slightly over the solid, staid Honigmann (Arden3), though befitting the interpretative disarray around this play, there are three good yet flawed editions, all flawed in different directions. (I agree with Rossiter and others that it is as much a “problem play” as any.) While bringing the most pe...

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   I don’t have an ideal choice here. King Lear was the subject of a pointless controversy about “the two King Lears” in the 1980s that resulted in a lot of academic bickering over whether the fairly similar Quarto and Folio versions of Lear should be treated as two separate entities as opposed to different working texts of a single play. Sanity event...

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   Clark (working from Mason’s text) delivers a solid, comprehensive and up-to-date edition, one of the best of the recent Ardens. Preferable to the okay but more tendentious Braunmuller (Cambridge) and the inconsistent Brooke (Oxford). Muir (Arden2) is solid.

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   Dawson & Minton do a capable job while taking note of Middleton’s heavy involvement in the writing of the play, which makes most older editions unsuitable.

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   Bevington’s comprehensiveness, insight, and general good judgment triumph solidly over the unexciting Wilders (Arden3) and the prolix, eccentric Neill (Oxford), though Neill provides unique insights within the maddening murk.

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   Brockbank does an exceptional job, and his 1976 edition hasn’t been surpassed. R. B. Parker (Oxford) is pretty good but sometimes gets mired in psychoanalytic interpretations of what is still a political play, and I find Peter Holland (Arden3) a trifle superficial in comparison to Brockbank.

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3. shakespeareanstudent.com › 2015/05/24 › whichWhich Shakespeare Edition is Right For You? – The ...

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   May 24, 2015 · What’s the best Shakespeare edition to read? You may not know it, but all of Shakespeare’s plays are contained in just one little book that has been printed and re-printed for 400 years. Today you can find thousands of different versions of Shakespeare for your needs as a student, scholar, or just regular Shakespeare fan,…

4. www.reddit.com › r › shakespeareWhich Complete works of Shakespeare should I buy?

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   I don't recommend buying a "complete works" at all. You'll get a lot more out of the notes and commentaries for each play if you buy them individually. I know this can be expensive and takes up a lot of space, but it really is worth it.

5. fivebooks.com › books › shakespeare-booksBest Shakespeare Books | Five Books Expert Recommedations

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   Sep 23, 2024 · The best William Shakespeare books: leading Shakespeare experts incl. Stanley Wells, James Shapiro, & Emma Smith, on Shakespeare's plays and life.

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7. www.goodreads.com › list › showBest of William Shakespeare (95 books) - Goodreads

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   95 books based on 1244 votes: Hamlet by William Shakespeare, Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s...

8. www.stagemilk.com › in-what-order-should-i-readIn What Order Should I Read Shakespeare? - StageMilk

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   Dec 6, 2022 · Either reading and watching a filmed version of a play scene by scene, or reading an entire play in the lead up to a trip to the theatre can really solidify the plot and characters in your mind. The best way to read Shakespeare is to read it aloud with a group of fellow actors.

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   What books should you read to learn about Shakespeare?

   • Emma Smith, Professor of Shakespeare Studies at the University of Oxford, recommends books to better understand ‘Shakespeare reception’—the study of Shakespeare since his death. In our Shakespeare series, we ask experts to select their favourite plays from the Bard’s oeuvre.

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   What are the best Shakespeare books?

   • Here's our guide to the best Shakespeare books for every type of reader. The perfect introduction to Shakespeare’s world of magic, exuberance, beauty and imagination, it’s no surprise A Midsummer Night’s Dream is his most performed play. The action takes place in an enchanted forest inhabited by fairies and sprites.

   The best Shakespeare books (for every type of reader)

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   Which Shakespeare plays should you read?

   • Read Cymbeline – the fairytale-like play from early Britain featuring a fantastic female leading role. Read The Tempest, Shakespeare’s last play, and see how he chooses to finish his career as a writer. The more you read, the more you will be able to read.

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   Are Shakespeare books worth it?

   • They are probably too expensive to use in a classroom, but they really are worth it for a Shakespeare appreciation class. Not only do they have tons of notes and a really reader-friendly layout, each edition also contains a CD with up to 30 scenes and speeches from Shakespearean productions dating back 100 years!

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   How do you read Shakespeare?

   • Either reading and watching a filmed version of a play scene by scene, or reading an entire play in the lead up to a trip to the theatre can really solidify the plot and characters in your mind. The best way to read Shakespeare is to read it aloud with a group of fellow actors.

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   Is Shakespeare a good book for a first time reader?

   • However, for first time readers I recommend a modern edition, since the Folio has very few stage directions, and no standard spelling or punctuation, making it very hard to understand. Shakespeare is hard enough to read without love being spelled “loove” all the time. Shakespeare in modern type by Neil Freeman.

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