As You Like it: The Oxford Shakespeare

Author(s): William Shakespeare

Classics

As You Like It is Shakespeare's most light-hearted comedy, and its witty heroine Rosalind has his longest female role. In this edition, Alan Brissenden reassesses both its textual and performance history, showing how interpretations have changed since the first recorded production in 1740. He examines Shakespeare's sources and elucidates the central themes of love, pastoral, and doubleness. Detailed annotations investigate the allusive and often bawdy language, enabling student, actor, and director to savour the humour and the seriousness of the play to the full. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.


Product Information

Alan Brissenden is Reader in English, University of Adelaide, Australia.

General Fields

  • : 9780199536153
  • : Oxford University Press
  • : Oxford University Press
  • : May 2008
  • : 196mm X 129mm X 13mm
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : William Shakespeare
  • : Paperback
  • : English
  • : 256
  • : halftones