Penny Gay has written a new Introduction to this updated edition of Shakespeare's popular comedy. She stresses the play's theatricality, its elaborate linguistic games and its complex use of Ovidian myths. In addition, Gay analyzes its delicate balancing of romance and realism and exploration of gen
Twelfth Night: or, What You Will
โ Scribed by William Shakespeare
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 191
- Series
- Yale Annotated Shakespeare
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
Twins Viola and Sebastian are shipwrecked. Believing her brother drowned, and determined to survive alone, Viola disguises herself as a boy. As 'Cesario' she enters the service of Orsino and is sent by him to woo Olivia. But Olivia isn't interested and 'Cesario' is swept into a merry-go-round world of unrequited love, mistaken identities, high comedy, low tricks and desperate passion. --Publisher.
โฆ Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
CONTENTS
About This Book
Introduction
Some Essentials of the Shakespearean Stage
TWELFTH NIGHT
Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
Act 4
Act 5
An Essay by Harold Bloom
Further Reading
Finding List
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