{"product_id":"the-winters-tale-paperback-2","title":"The Winter's Tale - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Shakespeare\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBarbara a. Mowat\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003ePaul Werstine\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe authoritative edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Winter's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Winter's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e, one of Shakespeare's very late plays, is filled with improbabilities. Before the conclusion, one character comments that what we are about to see, \"Were it but told you, should be hooted at \/ Like an old tale.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt includes murderous passions, man-eating bears, princes and princesses in disguise, death by drowning and by grief, oracles, betrayal, and unexpected joy. Yet the play, which draws much of its power from Greek myth, is grounded in the everyday. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \"winter's tale\" is one told or read on a long winter's night. Paradoxically, this winter's tale is ideally seen rather than read--though the imagination can transform words into vivid action. Its shift from tragedy to comedy, disguises, and startling exits and transformations seem addressed to theater audiences. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition includes: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play\u003cbr\u003e -Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play\u003cbr\u003e -Scene-by-scene plot summaries\u003cbr\u003e -A key to the play's famous lines and phrases\u003cbr\u003e -An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language\u003cbr\u003e -An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play\u003cbr\u003e -Fresh images from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books\u003cbr\u003e -An annotated guide to further reading \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEssay by Stephen Orgel \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e​The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, is home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs. For more information, visit Folger.edu.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Shakespeare was born in April 1564 in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon, on England's Avon River. When he was eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway. The couple had three children--an older daughter Susanna and twins, Judith and Hamnet. Hamnet, Shakespeare's only son, died in childhood. The bulk of Shakespeare's working life was spent in the theater world of London, where he established himself professionally by the early 1590s. He enjoyed success not only as a playwright and poet, but also as an actor and shareholder in an acting company. Although some think that sometime between 1610 and 1613 Shakespeare retired from the theater and returned home to Stratford, where he died in 1616, others believe that he may have continued to work in London until close to his death. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBarbara A. Mowat is Director of Research \u003ci\u003eemerita\u003c\/i\u003e at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Consulting Editor of \u003ci\u003eShakespeare Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Dramaturgy of Shakespeare's Romances\u003c\/i\u003e and of essays on Shakespeare's plays and their editing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePaul Werstine is Professor of English at the Graduate School and at King's University College at Western University. He is a general editor of the New Variorum Shakespeare and author of \u003ci\u003eEarly Modern Playhouse Manuscripts and the Editing of Shakespeare\u003c\/i\u003e and of many papers and articles on the printing and editing of Shakespeare's plays.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 14, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42692590141503,"sku":"9781982122508","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/a4fa22421af7b00947beef463b8cde26.webp?v=1764995914","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-winters-tale-paperback-2","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}