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Cymbeline

Third Series
By William Shakespeare
Series: The Arden Shakespeare Third Series
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Cymbeline portrays Ancient Britain's female heir slandered by a decadent Italian amid a Roman invasion seeking to control the island. Shakespeare's late romance unfolds with unpredictable twists that explore themes of gender, calumny, sexuality, nationhood, colonialism, and British identity.
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Ideal for students, scholars, and enthusiasts of Shakespeare and British literary studies seeking comprehensive analysis and authoritative text annotations.

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A major new edition of one of Shakespeare's late plays

A major new edition of one of Shakespeare's late plays

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In Cymbeline, Ancient Britain’s female heir to the throne is slandered by a decadent Italian while the Romans invade Britain to retain it as part of their empire. Shakespeare’s late romance is full of unpredictable conjunctions that are explored in the comprehensive introduction to this new, fully-illustrated Arden edition.

Valerie Wayne takes a transformative look at the play’s critical and performance history by examining its attention to gender, calumny, and sexuality together with nationhood, colonialism, and British identities. The authoritative play text is amply annotated to clarify its language and allusions, and three appendices delineate the play’s textual history, its rich use of music, and its casting.

Offering students and scholars alike a wealth of insight and new research, this edition maintains the rigorous standards of the Arden Shakespeare.

Series: The Arden Shakespeare Third Series

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Praised as a richly detailed and magisterial edition, this Arden Shakespeare update is lauded for its extensive editorial apparatus and commentary, making it invaluable for scholars and students. The introduction weaves mythical, historical, and national themes with sensitivity and clarity, maintaining Arden's reputation for rigorous scholarship.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781904271307

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 January 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: The Arden Shakespeare

Illustration: 22 bw illus

Contributors:

  • Edited by Dr Valerie Wayne

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 32.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 540g

Pages: 504

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Arts & Culture Classic Poetry Non-Fiction Series: The Arden Shakespeare Third Series William Shakespeare

About the Author

Valerie Wayne is Professor Emerita of English at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, in Honolulu, USA.

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