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Title: The Complete Pelican Shakespeare by William Shakespeare, Stephen Orgel, A. R. Braunmuller ISBN: 0-14-100058-9 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: October, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $65.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.43 (7 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Shakespeare: For the Layman--Not for Intro to Shakespeare
Comment: THE COMPLETE PELICAN SHAKESPEARE is quite good at what it does. It presents all of Shakespeare's plays, sonnets, and poems. Each play is preceded by a well-written introduction that attempts to analyze that play in terms of its major themes and to place it in an historical literary context. I found the frequent line numbers useful in that I could easily look up lines that in other editions might leave me counting up or down from a target line number. However, this edition is less useful for a serious student who needs a text that includes more than what this one does. This text does begin with a consideration of Shakespeare's Theatrical World, and in terms of getting background information on Shakespeare, his style, and overviews of his tragedies, comedies, and histories, these are sadly lacking. The COMPLETE SIGNET CLASSIC SHAKESPEARE (1971) includes all that this one does and adds the following: relevant biographical data, WS's theater and actors, the dramatic predecessors, style and structure, the 'Elizabethan World Picture,' and detailed overviews of his histories, comedies, and tragedies. THE COMPLETE PELICAN SHAKESPEARE is a useful and attractive text for a casual reading, but if one wishes to delve into areas where Pelicans fear to tread, then I recommend the Signet.
Rating: 5
Summary: An awesome volume...
Comment: In 1987, when I was about to take my first Shakespeare course at university, I asked an uncle to make that year's Christmas present a complete volume of Shakespeare. I received a grocery store faux-leatherbound doorstop--actually not much thicker than this Pelican volume, but just gaudy enough to turn me off. I recall tearing out of the book the plays covered in the course.
The Pelican is what I wanted. It's beautiful. Simple, elegant cover; double-columned pages allowing for less overall thickness; good introductions and notes.
Rating: 5
Summary: A very complete, very well edited edition.
Comment: This is an excellent book that compiles nearly all of the great writer's plays into a beautiful hardcover masterpiece. It's user-friendly format is great for the casual reader. The book is also loaded with footnotes, intros, and historical information that brings Shakespeare's plays alive for the scholars. This is a must have for any college-bound student or for any lover of SHakespeare.
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