Review (PDF) The Norton Shakespeare (Third Edition)
The best-selling complete Shakespeare in a groundbreaking new edition.The Norton Shakespeare has long been acclaimed worldwide for its vibrant introductions, first among them Stephen Greenblatt's General Introduction, a richly textured portrait of Shakespeare's work and world. This Third Edition introduces a meticulously edited new text created by an expert international team of textual editors, a new introduction to the theater of Shakespeare's time, new performance notes, and hundreds of fine-tuned glosses that aid readers' understanding of the plays and poems. More than 170 Elizabethan and Jacobean illustrations round out this handsome volume, which is indispensable to all who love Shakespeare.Every copy includes an instruction card for purchasing the Digital Edition. Accessed from a computer, tablet, or smartphone, the Digital Edition features all the texts and introductions in the print book, plus additional versions of fifteen texts, over eight hours of spoken-word audio, sixty-six songs, and links to First Folio and quarto facsimile pages. 171 illustrations; 4 maps
Hardcover: 3536 pages
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; 3 edition (September 7, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0393249832
ISBN-13: 978-0393249835
Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 3.4 x 10 inches
Shipping Weight: 6.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #31,654 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #43 in Books > Literature & Fiction > British & Irish > Shakespeare > Works #44 in Books > Textbooks > Humanities > Literature > English Literature #207 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Dramas & Plays
go read the glowing reviews on the Norton Shakespeare's older edition's page, and know that all those glories still reside herein with the 3rd edition, 2015. sadly its the same with the negative(s): thin paper allows you to see text on the reverse page at some points, and resting on the page (as you will, hovering over a tome this size) leads to easy tears and rips. other than that its exactly the same as the 2nd edition (sans a few updated footnotes that reference the Digital Edition's additional appendices).additions: the slipcase is nice but it BEGS to have a sewn-in ribbon (book marker), and this labour of love seems bare without it. it's an easy enough addition to sew one in yourself but I could swear my 2nd edition in college had one already.other than that you can buy comfortably knowing this is still the one book for our Bard.
A great edition of Shakespeare's collected works. It's a humongous and weighty book but one of the few purchases that I truly treasure. As a Shakespeare skeptical when I first bought it, I am transformed and a lover of Shakespeare now (although my university professor might have something to do with that). I am sure I will always be drawn back to this edition later down the years of my life.Highly recommend this wonderful edition!
I bought this item for my fiance because she loves Shakespeare (she's an English major) and has wanted this edition for quite a while since she saw it at Barnes & Noble. The good thing is that it is much cheaper here on , and it is the exact same edition that she saw at Barnes and Noble. She loved it.
This met all my expectations and requirements for a class I am taking - but be prepared for the heft! It might be a challenge if you have to carry it very far.
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