All for Love (New Mermaid Series) - Softcover

Dryden, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393900061 ISBN 13: 9780393900064

Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1976

Synopsis

New Mermaids are modernized and fully-annotated editions of classic English plays. Each volume includes:

The playtext, in modern spelling, edited to the highest bibliographical and textual standards
Textual notes recording significant changes to the copytext and variant readings
Glossing notes explaining obscure words and word-play
Critical, contextual and staging notes
Photographs of productions where applicable
A full introduction which provides a critical account of the play, the staging conventions of the time and recent stage history; discusses authorship, date, sources and the text; and gives guidance for further reading.

Edited and updated by leading scholars and printed in a clear, easy-to-use format, New Mermaids offer invaluable guidance for actor, student, and theatre-goer alike.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Although John Dryden the poet is best known for his alexandrine epics, John Dryden the playwright is most honored for this blank verse tragedy. The summit of Dryden's dramatic art, All For Love (1677) is a spectacle of passion as felt, feared, and disputed in the suspicious years following the English Civil War.

About the Author:

Vinton A. Dearing, editor of the California Dryden edition, is Professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles.

About this edition

• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Publication date: 1976
• ISBN 10: 0393900061
• ISBN 13: 9780393900064
• Binding: Paperback