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From Longman's Cultural Editions series, Antony and Cleopatra, edited by David Quint, presents William Shakespeare's classic work along with a critical introduction and contextual materials on and from the period. Handsomely produced and affordably priced, the Longman Cultural Editions series presents classic works in provocative and illuminating contexts–cultural, critical, and literary. Each Cultural Edition consists of the complete text of an important literary work, reliably edited, headed by an inviting introduction, and supplemented by helpful annotations; a table of dates to track its composition, publication, and public reception in relation to biographical, cultural and historical events; and a guide for further inquiry and study. See all the Longman Cultural Editions at www.ablongman.com/longmanculturaleditions.
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Author: William Shakespeare , David Quint
Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
Imprint: Pearson
Dimensions:
Width: 10.00cm
, Height: 10.00cm
, Length: 10.00cm
Weight: 0.100kg
ISBN: 9780321198747
ISBN 10: 0321198743
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 16 August 2007
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print 
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Table of Contents
List of Illustrations About Longman Cultural Editions About This Edition Introduction Introduction Antony and Cleopatra The Historical Background Classical Writers on Mark Antony and Cleopatra The Historians: Plutarch and Dio Cassius Plutarch, Life of Marcus Antonius Dio Cassius, Roman History, Book 51 Three Augustan Poets: Virgil, Horace, Propertius Virgil, Aeneid 8.675-828 Horace, Odes 1.37 Propertius, Elegies 2.16 Antony and Cleopatra on the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Stage Giovan Battista Giraldi Cinzio, Cleopatra (1541-43) Etienne Jodelle, Cleopatra captive (1553) Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke, Antonius (1590) Robert Garnier, Marc Antoine (1578) Samuel Daniel, The Tragedy of Cleopatra, 1594 and 1607 Fulke Greville, A lost Antony and Cleopatra Charles Sedley, Antony and Cleopatra (1677) John Dryden, All for Love or the World Well Lost (1678) The Great Critics on Antony and Cleopatra from Schlegel to Bradley August Wilhelm Schlegel, Lectures on Dramatic Literature William Hazlitt, Characters of Shakespeare's Plays Mrs. Anna Jameson, Characteristics of Women, Moral, Poetical, Historical A.C. Bradley, Oxford Lectures on Poetry Further Reading
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David Quint is Sterling Professor of Comparative Literature and English at Yale University. He is a specialist in the literature of the European Renaissance. Among his books are Origin and Originality in Renaissance Literature (Yale, 1983), Epic and Empire (Princeton, 1993), Montaigne and the Quality of Mercy (Princeton, 1998), and Cervantes's Novel of Modern Times: A New reading of Don Quijote (Princeton, 2003). He has translated The Stanze of Angelo Poliziano (University of Masachusetts, 1978) and (with Alexander Sheers) Ludovico Ariosto's Cinque Canti (University of California, 1996).
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