Finally, the world's greatest writer receives the scholarly Delphi treatment.
Of course, there are many Shakespeare collections available for eReaders, which is why we have made this edition, like all our other titles, the most comprehensive and scholarly works available.
This incredible eBook offers every Shakespearean play, poem, apocryphal work and much, much more!
Now you can truly own all of Shakespeare's works and a wealth of BONUS material on your eReader, and all in ONE well-organised file. (Current version: 5)Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our vast range of titles.Features:* concise introductions to the plays and other works* images of how the plays first appeared in print, giving your eReader a taste of the Elizabethan texts* ALL 38 plays and each with their own contents table - navigate easily between acts and scenes - find that special quotation quickly!* even includes 17 apocryphal plays, with mysterious works such as THE BIRTH OF MERLIN and VORTIGERN AND ROWENA, available nowhere else* contains a special LOST PLAYS section, with concise information on Shakespeare's lost works* includes the special bonus play of DOUBLE FALSEHOOD, which the critic Lewis Theobald claimed was Shakespeare's lost play in 1727.
Decide for yourself - could this really be the long lost CARDENIO?* ALL the sonnets and other poetry, with excellent formatting, in their own special contents table - find that special sonnet quickly and easily!* even includes apocryphal poems available nowhere else, presented with brief introductions explaining their history* packed full of hundreds of beautiful images relating to Shakespeare's life, locations and works* special BONUS text of Charles and Mary Lamb's adaptations for children, with their original Victorian artwork* EVEN includes a special SOURCES section - spend hours discovering rare medieval texts that shaped Shakespeare's greatest works.
E.g. Thomas Kyd's play that influenced HAMLET, Holinshed's Chronicles that inspired history plays and the great MACBETH and many more!* ENJOY Geoffrey Chaucer's classic works that inspired plays such as TROILUS AND CRESSIDA and TWO NOBLE KINSMEN* INCLUDES no less than 5 biographies - explore the bard's mysterious life from multiple sources across history* the SPECIAL literary criticism section boasts 11 works by writers as varied as Samuel Johnson, Coleridge, Pope, Bernard Shaw and Tolstoy* scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres* includes a front MASTER table of contents, allowing easy navigation around Shakespeare's immense oeuvre* includes a special 'Glossary of Elizabethan Language', which will aid your comprehension of difficult words and phrases* UPDATED with a complete re-editing of the plays' formatting.This eBook is quite simply stunning and deserves a place in the digital library of all lovers of literature.CONTENTSALL the PlaysThe Lost PlaysLOVE'S LABOUR'S WONCARDENIODOUBLE FALSEHOODThe SourcesLIST OF THE PLAYS' SOURCESThe Apocryphal PlaysARDEN OF FAVERSHAMTHE BIRTH OF MERLINKING EDWARD IIILOCRINETHE LONDON PRODIGALTHE PURITANTHE SECOND MAIDEN'S TRAGEDYSIR JOHN OLDCASTLETHOMAS LORD CROMWELLA YORKSHIRE TRAGEDYSIR THOMAS MOREFAIR EMMUCEDORUSTHE MERRY DEVIL OF EDMONTONEDMUND IRONSIDETHOMAS OF WOODSTOCKVORTIGERN AND ROWENAThe AdaptationsTALES FROM SHAKESPEARE BY CHARLES AND MARY LAMBThe PoetryTHE SONNETSVENUS AND ADONISTHE RAPE OF LUCRECETHE PASSIONATE PILGRIMTHE PHOENIX AND THE TURTLEA LOVER'S COMPLAINTThe Apocryphal PoetryTO THE QUEENA FUNERAL ELEGY FOR MASTER WILLIAM PETERSONNETS TO SUNDRY NOTES OF MUSICThe CriticismPREFACE TO SHAKESPEARE AND NOTES ON PLAY BY SAMUEL JOHNSONNOTES TO COMEDIES BY SAMUEL JOHNSONNOTES TO TRAGEDIES BY SAMUEL JOHNSONEIGHTEENTH CENTURY ESSAYS ON SHAKESPEARE EDITED BY D.
NICHOL SMITHA STUDY OF SHAKESPEARE BY ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNESHAKESPEARE BY SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGECHARACTERS OF SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS BY WILLIAM HAZLITTTESTIMONY OF THE SONNETS AS TO THE AUTHORSHIP OF THE SHAKESPEAREAN PLAYS AND POEMS BY JESSE JOHNSONON SHAKESPEARE - BY LEO TOLSTOYEXTRACTS FROM WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE BY VICTOR HUGOSHAKESPEARE'S ATTITUDE TOWARD THE WORKING CLASSES BY ERNEST CROSBYA LETTER BY GEORGE BERNARD SHAWThe BiographiesSOME ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF MR.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEAR BY NICHOLAS ROWESHAKESPEARE: HIS LIFE, ART, AND CHARACTERS BY HENRY NORMAN HUDSONLIFE OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE BY SIR SIDNEY LEESHAKESPEARE'S LOST YEARS IN LONDON BY ARTHUR ACHESONTHE PEOPLE FOR WHOM SHAKESPEARE WROTE BY CHARLES DUDLEY WARNERShakespeare's Last Will and TestamentGlossary of Elizabethan Language
