Overview

"The editor described by ""The Guardian"" as ""one of Shakespeare's best contemporary critics"", offers a reappraisal of Shakespeare's bloodiest tragedy. ""Titus Andronicus"" resonates in an age in which the dramatic representation of violence has become an issue of enormous controversy. The text puts forward arguments regarding the date of the play, its sources and its early stage history, recognizing ""Titus"" as one of Shakespeare's early masterpieces."

Full Product Details

9781903436059

Table of Contents

Reviews

This is an outstanding edition of Titus, especially for its treatment of textual questions and of recent performance history. It supersedes all previous editions. --Dr. Paul Hartle, St. Catharine's College, Cambridge Bate makes a really positive virtue of his treatment of the play in performance . . . putting a vigorous account of Titus on stage at very stage-centre in his Introduction. Using this section as a means for raising fundamental questions as to the play's style, coherence, and meaning, Bate achieves a remarkable fusion between performance history and criticism. --John Jowett, Shakespeare Survey

This is an outstanding edition of Titus, especially for its treatment of textual questions and of recent performance history. It supersedes all previous editions. --Dr. Paul Hartle, St. Catharine's College, Cambridge Bate makes a really positive virtue of his treatment of the play in performance . . . putting a vigorous account of Titus on stage at very stage-centre in his Introduction. Using this section as a means for raising fundamental questions as to the play's style, coherence, and meaning, Bate achieves a remarkable fusion between performance history and criticism. --John Jowett, Shakespeare Survey This is an outstanding edition of Titus , especially for its treatment of textual questions and of recent performance history. It supersedes all previous editions. --Dr. Paul Hartle, St. Catharine's College, Cambridge Bate makes a really positive virtue of his treatment of the play in performance . . . putting a vigorous account of Titus on stage at very stage-centre in his Introduction. Using this section as a means for raising fundamental questions as to the play's style, coherence, and meaning, Bate achieves a remarkable fusion between performance history and criticism. --John Jowett, Shakespeare Survey This is an outstanding edition of Titus, especially for its treatment of textual questions and of recent performance history. It supersedes all previous editions. Dr. Paul Hartle, St. Catharine's College, Cambridge Bate makes a really positive virtue of his treatment of the play in performance . . . putting a vigorous account of Titus on stage at very stage-centre in his Introduction. Using this section as a means for raising fundamental questions as to the play's style, coherence, and meaning, Bate achieves a remarkable fusion between performance history and criticism. John Jowett, Shakespeare Survey This is an outstanding edition of Titus, especially for its treatment of textual questions and of recent performance history. It supersedes all previous editions. Dr. Paul Hartle, St. Catharine's College, Cambridge Bate makes a really positive virtue of his treatment of the play in performance . . . putting a vigorous account of Titus on stage at very stage-centre in his Introduction. Using this section as a means for raising fundamental questions as to the play's style, coherence, and meaning, Bate achieves a remarkable fusion between performance history and criticism. John Jowett, Shakespeare Survey This is an outstanding edition of Titus, especially for its treatment of textual questions and of recent performance history. It supersedes all previous editions. --Dr. Paul Hartle, St. Catharine's College, Cambridge Bate makes a really positive virtue of his treatment of the play in performance . . . putting a vigorous account of Titus on stage at very stage-centre in his Introduction. Using this section as a means for raising fundamental questions as to the play's style, coherence, and meaning, Bate achieves a remarkable fusion between performance history and criticism. --John Jowett, Shakespeare Survey My students loved reading and discussing the play and found the extensive notes and introduction very helpful. Surprisingly, Titus Andronicus is turning out to be a new students' favourite. Maria Fleischhack, Leipzig University, Germany

This is an outstanding edition of Titus , especially for its treatment of textual questions and of recent performance history. It supersedes all previous editions. --Dr. Paul Hartle, St. Catharine's College, Cambridge Bate makes a really positive virtue of his treatment of the play in performance . . . putting a vigorous account of Titus on stage at very stage-centre in his Introduction. Using this section as a means for raising fundamental questions as to the play's style, coherence, and meaning, Bate achieves a remarkable fusion between performance history and criticism. --John Jowett, Shakespeare Survey

Author Information

Jonathan Bate is Professor of Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature at the University of Warwick, a Fellow of the British Academy and a Governor of the Royal Shakespeare Company. His books include Shakespeare and Ovid (1993); John Clare: A Biography (2003) - winner of the 2004 Hawthornden Prize and the 2005 James Tait Black Memorial prize for biography; The Genius of Shakespeare (1997); and Soul of the Age: The Life, Mind and World of William Shakespeare (2009). He was the editor of the Arden edition of Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus(1995).

Tab Content 6

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

Countries Available