Titus Andronicus: The Oxford Shakespeare

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William Shakespeare Eugene M. Waith (Professor Emeritus, Department of English, Professor Emeritus, Department of English, Yale University)

Titus Andronicus

The Oxford Shakespeare

William Shakespeare, Eugene M. Waith (Professor Emeritus, Department of English, Professor Emeritus, Department of English, Yale University)

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Oxford University Press
08 May 2008

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Shakespeare plays

Series: Oxford World's Classics

Titus Andronicus was the young Shakespeare's audacious, sporadically brilliant experiment in sensational tragedy. Its horrors are notorious, but its powerful poetry of grief is the work of a true tragic poet.

Introducing this edition, E.M. Waith provides a fresh view of the play in its historical context as well as an original discussion of the famous `Peacham' drawing - the only surviving contemporary Shakespeare illustration.

An illustrated account of performances, notably Peter Brook's production with Oliver as Titus, leads to an assessment of the play's qualities in the light of its critical reception. The eighteenth-century version of the play's probable source is given in one of the appendices.

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.

By: William Shakespeare
Edited by: Eugene M. Waith (Professor Emeritus Department of English Professor Emeritus Department of English Yale University)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 259g
ISBN: 9780199536108
ISBN 10: 0199536104
Series: Oxford World's Classics
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 08 May 2008
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Titus Andronicus: The Oxford Shakespeare

`sound and often admirable piece of scholarship. It deals judiciously with the problems of text, authorship and sources, and with the business of clearly and concisely annotating the text' Emrys Jones, Literary Review '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