Twelfth NightSimon and Schuster, 23/08/2011 - 272 páginas Named for the twelfth night after Christmas, the end of the Christmas season, Twelfth Night plays with love and power. The Countess Olivia, a woman with her own household, attracts Duke (or Count) Orsino. Two other would-be suitors are her pretentious steward, Malvolio, and Sir Andrew Aguecheek. Onto this scene arrive the twins Viola and Sebastian; caught in a shipwreck, each thinks the other has drowned. Viola disguises herself as a male page and enters Orsino's service. Orsino sends her as his envoy to Olivia—only to have Olivia fall in love with the messenger. The play complicates, then wonderfully untangles, these relationships. The authoritative edition of Twelfth Night from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers, is now available as an eBook. Features include: · The exact text of the printed book for easy cross-reference · Hundreds of hypertext links for instant navigation · Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play · Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play · Scene-by-scene plot summaries · A key to famous lines and phrases · An introduction to reading Shakespeare’s language · Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library’s vast holdings of rare books · An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play |
Índice
Editors Preface | ix |
Shakespeares Twelfth Night or What You Will | xiii |
Reading Shakespeares Language | xiv |
Shakespeares Life | xxvi |
Shakespeares Theater | xxxiv |
The Publication of Shakespeares Plays | xliii |
An Introduction to This Text | xlvii |
Text of the Play with Commentary | 1 |
ACT 2 Scene 4 | 67 |
ACT 2 Scene 5 | 75 |
ACT 3 Scene 1 | 91 |
ACT 3 Scene 2 | 103 |
ACT 3 Scene 3 | 107 |
ACT 3 Scene 4 | 111 |
ACT 4 Scene 1 | 141 |
ACT 4 Scene 2 | 145 |
ACT 1 Scene 1 | 7 |
ACT 1 Scene 2 | 9 |
ACT 1 Scene 3 | 15 |
ACT 1 Scene 4 | 23 |
ACT 1 Scene 5 | 25 |
ACT 2 Scene 1 | 49 |
ACT 2 Scene 2 | 51 |
ACT 2 Scene 3 | 55 |
ACT 4 Scene 3 | 155 |
ACT 5 Scene 1 | 161 |
Textual Notes | 191 |
A Modern Perspective | 197 |
Further Reading | 209 |
Key to Famous Lines and Phrases | 221 |
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