Presents the works of William Shakespeare, along with an analysis of the nature and authority of the early documents, a list of the canon and chronological order of composition, an essay on Shakespeare's language, and a bibliography. A compact edition of the complete works of William Shakespeare. It combines impeccable scholarship with beautifully written editorial material and a user-friendly layout of the text. Also included is a foreword, list of contents, general introduction, essay on language, contemporary allusions to Shakespeare, glossary, consolidated bibliography and index of first lines of Sonnets. ALPHABETICAL LIST OF CONTENTS
xi
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
xiii
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
xv
A USER'S GUIDE TO THE COMPLETE WORKS
xliii
THE LANGUAGE OF SHAKESPEARE BY DAVID CRYSTAL
xlv
CONTEMPORARY ALLUSIONS TO SHAKESPEARE
lxv
COMMENDATORY POEMS AND PREFACES
lxix
The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1589-91)
1(24)
The Taming of the Shrew (1590-1)
25(30)
The First Part of the Contention of the Two Famous Houses of York and Lancaster (1590-1)
55(36)
The True Tragedy of Richard Duke of York and the Good King Henry the Sixth (1591)
91(34)
The First Part of Henry the Sixth (1592)
125(30)
The Most Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus (1592)
155(28)
The Tragedy of King Richard the Third (1592-3)
183(40)
Venus and Adonis (1592-3)
223(14)
The Rape of Lucrece (1593-4)
237(20)
The Reign of King Edward the Third (1594)
257(28)
The Comedy of Errors (1594)
285(22)
Love's Labour's Lost (1594-5)
307(30)
Love's Labour's Won (1595-6): A Brief Account
337(2)
The Tragedy of King Richard the Second (1595)
339(30)
The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet (1595)
369(32)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595)
401(24)
The Life and Death of King John (1596)
425(28)
The Comical History of the Merchant of Venice, or Otherwise Called the Jew of Venice (1596-7)
453(28)
The History of Henry the Fourth (1596-7)
481(30)
The Merry Wives of Windsor (1597-8)
511(26)
The Second Part of Henry the Fourth (1597-8)
537(32)
Much Ado About Nothing (1598-9)
569(26)
The Life of Henry the Fifth (1598-9)
595(32)
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar (1599)
627(28)
As You Like It (1599-1600)
655(26)
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (1600-1)
681(38)
Twelfth Night, or What You Will (1601)
719(24)
Troilus and Cressida (1602)
743(34)
Sonnets (1593-1603) and 'A Lover's Complaint' (1603-4)
777(28)
Various Poems (1593-1616)
805(8)
The Book of Sir Thomas More (1603-4)
813(30)
Measure for Measure (1603-4; adapted 1621)
843(30)
The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice (1603-4)
873(36)
The History of King Lear (1605-6): The Quarto Text
909(34)
The Life of Timon of Athens (1606)
943(26)
The Tragedy of Macbeth (1606; adapted 1616)
969(26)
The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra (1606)
995(36)
All's Well That Ends Well (1606-7)
1031(28)
Pericles, Prince of Tyre (1607): A Reconstructed Text
1059(28)
The Tragedy of Coriolanus (1608)
1087(36)
The Winter's Tale (1609-10)
1123(30)
The Tragedy of King Lear (1610): The Folio Text
1153(32)
Cymbeline, King of Britain (1610-11)
1185(36)
The Tempest (1610-11)
1221(24)
Cardenio (1612-13): A Brief Account
1245(2)
All Is True (1613)
1247(32)
The Two Noble Kinsmen (1613)
1279(32)
FURTHER READING BY SUSAN BROCK
1311(16)
SELECT GLOSSARY
1327(16)
INDEX OF FIRST LINES OF THE SONNETS
1343
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