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Overview

Critically acclaimed as one of Shakespeare's most complex and intriguing plays, Twelfth Night is a classic romantic comedy of mistaken identities. In recent years it has returned to the center of critical debate surrounding gender and sexuality. The introduction explores the multiple factors that make up the play's rich textual, theatrical, critical, and cultural history. Keir Elam surveys the play's production and reception, emphasizing the role of the spectator both within the comedy and the playhouse. He also discusses the themes of perspective and interpreting visual images, theatric and film adaptations of the play, and Twelfth Night's comedic elements, and provides individual analyses of Malvolio, Sir Toby, Sir Andrew, Feste, Orsino, Olivia, and Viola. Editorial craft, casting and the use of music are addressed in the appendices, which also include a list of abbreviations and references, a catalog of Shakespeare’s works and works partly by Shakespeare, and citations for the modern productions mentioned in the text, other collated editions of Twelfth Night, and other related reading.

The Arden Shakespeare has developed a reputation as the pre-eminent critical edition of Shakespeare for its exceptional scholarship, reflected in the thoroughness of each volume. An introduction comprehensively contextualizes the play, chronicling the history and culture that surrounded and influenced Shakespeare at the time of its writing and performance, and closely surveying critical approaches to the work. Detailed appendices address problems like dating and casting, and analyze the differing Quarto and Folio sources. A full commentary by one or more of the play’s foremost contemporary scholars illuminates the text, glossing unfamiliar terms and drawing from an abundance of research and expertise to explain allusions and significant background information. Highly informative and accessible, Arden offers the fullest experience of Shakespeare available to a reader.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781903436998
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
  • Publication date: 11/2/2009
  • Edition description: Third Edition
  • Edition number: 3
  • Pages: 428
  • Sales rank: 353,856
  • Series: Arden Shakespeare Series
  • Product dimensions: 5.10 (w) x 7.70 (h) x 1.00 (d)

Meet the Author

Keir Elam is a Professor of English Literature at the University of Bologna, where he is Head of the Department of Modern Languages.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

General Editor's preface

Preface

Introduction

Ay, That's the Theme: Topics in Twelfth Night

Endings and Beginnings

Or What You Will: The Pleasures and Trials of Spectatorship We Three: The Interpretation Compulsion

Around Twelfth Night

A Very Opal: The Play of Perspective

'Tis My Picture: Deciphering Visual Images

Changeable Taffeta: Materials and Materiality

In What Chapter of his Bosom?: Reading the Body

Sicken and So Die: Disease, Contagion and Death

As an Eunuch: Castration, Civility, and Intertextuality

This is Illyria, Lady: Space and Place

The Whirligig of Time: Levels of Temporality

Words are Very Rascals: Language and Discourse

Make a Good Show On't: Twelfth Night in Performance

If This Were Played Upon a Stage: Performances Virtual and Actual

First Night

Later Nights: Adaptations and Rearrangements

Our Shows Are More than Will: Victorian Special Effects and Modernist Experiments

Seasonal Nights

Illyrian Variations

The Mettle of Your Sex: Gender and Homoeroticism

Show You the Picture: Twelfth Night on Film

Are You A Comedian?: Players and Parts

Art Any More Than a Steward?: Malvolio

Your Drunken Cousin: Sir Toby

An Ass-head and a Coxcomb and a Knave: Sir Andrew

An Allowed Fool: Feste

A Noble Duke: Orsino

Here Comes the Countess: Olivia

I Am Not That I Play: Viola

Twelfth Night, or What You Will

Appendix 1: The Text and Editorial Procedures

Appendix 2: Casting

Appendix 3: Music

Abbreviations and References

Abbreviations Used in Notes

Works By and Partly By Shakespeare

Editions of Shakespeare Collated

Other Works Cited

Index

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  • Posted May 20, 2009

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    Tragically overshadowed

    Of all of Shakespeare's comedies, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Much Ado About Nothing get all the credit. They are both great plays, but Twelfth Night takes the cake!! It's a brilliant plot with the perfect amount of confusion. And the ending isn't obvious!! In most plays, what happens to all the characters is blatantly obvious!!!!

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  • Posted March 10, 2009

    Great!

    Every B&N Shakespeare has been awesome and this is no exception. Nice, clear text, helpful notations, and interesting articles. Highly recommended.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 21, 2007

    Confusing Comedy Aided by Excellent Extras

    I used this copy of Twelfth Night for my Shakespeare class, and it was far superior to the edition the professor had chosen. The text is printed on the right page and notes appear on the left. The trade paperback provides room for a decent sized font and room for notes in the margins. The notes themselves are invaluable to understanding the play, and the extended notes and commentary in the back (illustrations of the stage, notes on modernization of text...) are interesting as well as informative. This rivals texts that are twice the price.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted February 15, 2012

    Well.

    Although some of the interpretations were >>interesting<< (to say the least) and Orsino hardly ever wears a shirt (oh wait... he NEVER wears a shirt) it's very good. The play is probably one of my favorite Shakespeare plays, so I had high expectations and they weren't disappointed. Watch out for the cleavage though. It might stick you in the eye or something.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 17, 2011

    Wow!

    I really liked this book! I love his comedies:)

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  • Anonymous

    Posted July 19, 2008

    One of Shakespeare's Most Brilliant.

    Fantastic, fantastic play. The format of this book is very manageable, and one would most likely find the translation most beneficial. 'Twelfth Night' doesn't get the credit it deserves.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 12, 2005

    A true scapegoat we should pay attention to

    This comedy written by William Shakespeare has a connotation which has a wide range of meaning. Who is sacrificed through out play misunderstood as a person who has a hypocrite personalities and unacceptable disposition among the characters of Twelfth Night. In superficial level, we as a reader easy to make a conclusion that he is a man should be penalized, and not only characters within the Twelfth Night mocking at him but also we the readers sardonic at his eccentric behaviors after read the Olivia's letter which is the counterfeit. Thus, we consider the punishment that Malvolio received is something justified and axiomatically accepted one. However, that sort of point of view is not rightful judgement. We should aware that people who made this clandestine of fake letter to make fun of Malvolio is truly a undiscovered villain. There's a lesson implied on the play that we as a human being should always pay attention to minors who overwhelmed by huge mainstream.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 17, 2004

    the twelfth night

    The twelfth night was a pretty good book. It has some pretty good fight scenes, and their is this guy really funny because he sings some funny songs. It's another book written by shakespeare. Their is some parts in the book that are really boring, but towards the middle and the end where it starts to pick up. The book is basically story about a man that is trying to be with girl and his father won't let him. So I guess it's also a love story because he tries to with his dad to let him marry this that he loves so much.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 2, 2004

    My thoughts

    The book I have read was William Shakespeare the Twelfths Night. William Shakespeare was a famous play writer, manly on comedies and tragedy. William was married to Anne Hathaway and had three kids, but one had died. He had lived in London for a few years then bought a house in Stratford. The Twelfth Night is about this girl named Viola who is the type of girl that every one likes. And her brother named Sebastian who was shipped wrecked. Viola was saved by the Captain, but her brother was never found. Soon after viola was found, she talks to the captain because since she is to live on this island the she was brought to she has to find a way to support herself. She has this idea that she will worked for Lady Olivia is the type of person that clams to be strong and no one can hurt her, but she is in morning for her brothers¿ death, so she is not associating herself with anyone. Then she realized that she could work for Duke Orsino, who is just like Lady Olivia who clams to be strong inside, and disguise herself as a young man named Cesario, but she will need help. The captain of the ship decided to help her and she had agreed to pay him handsomely. In this book there is a lot of love triangles, for instance, Viola loves Orsino, Orsino loves Olivia, and Olivia loves Cesario and every one is not happy. It is a very complicated thing, when we know that Viola is a man and a woman. Meanwhile some how Sebastian was found and was cared for by a guy named Antonio. They had found land in a city called Illyria were his long lost sister is, but he doesn¿t know that his sister is still alive. When he gets to the town people start to talk, because they have seen someone in the town just like him with a different name. This causes a bit of a mishap throughout the whole story. If you want to know the rest of the story you will have to read the rest of the story. One of the major themes in this book is simply on love. Everyone find a love, even if it is a girl dressed up as a guy. Although it is a love story, some of the character did not find their true love, instead they either were sent to prison for some year or they were band from the city. But I can¿t tell any more because you will have to read the book. I do recommend this book to all of you who like a little bit of mystery, suspense, and comedy. This is not your typical love story, because it has a twisted and shocking ending to it.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 17, 2001

    Good Book

    I usually loathe Shakespeare but this is a humorous book. I loved it.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 25, 2001

    very funny and witty

    I read this book just a week age in class and although the laguage was hard to follow i got though it and enjoyed it.

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