Cymbeline - Softcover

Shakespeare, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1514609444 ISBN 13: 9781514609446

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

Cymbeline, also known as Cymbeline, King of Britain or The Tragedy of Cymbeline, is a play by William Shakespeare, set in Ancient Britain and based on legends that formed part of the Matter of Britain concerning the early Celtic British King Cunobeline. Although listed as a tragedy in the First Folio, modern critics often classify Cymbeline as a romance. Like Othello and The Winter's Tale, it deals with the themes of innocence and jealousy. While the precise date of composition remains unknown, the play was certainly produced as early as 1611

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Review:

A remarkable edition, one that makes Shakespeare s extraordinary accomplishment more vivid than ever. James Shapiro, professor, Columbia University, bestselling author of A Year in the Life of Shakespeare: 1599
A feast of literary and historical information. The Wall Street Journal"

"A remarkable edition, one that makes Shakespeare's extraordinary accomplishment more vivid than ever."--James Shapiro, professor, Columbia University, bestselling author of A Year in the Life of Shakespeare: 1599

"A feast of literary and historical information."--The Wall Street Journal

About the Author:

William Shakespeare had a wife, ten years older than he himself (he was eighteen) and pregnant at the time of their marriage. He also, apparently, had a mistress in London. But the much-quoted love sonnets written by Shakespeare were written to a boy who was fifteen when Shakespeare began writing about him and eighteen when the sonnets end. In Shakespeare's plays, too, same-sex attraction shows up more frequently than the general public knows. Cymbeline is one of the best examples.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1514609444
• ISBN 13: 9781514609446
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 92