Twelfth Night / William Shakespeare ; edited by Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen ; introduction by Jonathan Bate.

Twelfth Night / William Shakespeare ; edited by Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen ; introduction by Jonathan Bate.

By
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Publication Date
2010

Publication Information
New York : Modern Library

Edition
Modern Library pbk. ed.

Physical Description
xxii, 175 p. : ill.

Subject Term
Siblings -- Drama.
 
Twins -- Drama.
 
Plays.

Geographic Term
Illyria -- Drama.

Genre
Comedies.

Series
RSC SHAKESPEARE
 
WORKS. MODERN LIBRARY.

Additional Contributors
Bate, Jonathan.
 
Rasmussen, Eric, 1960-

Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-173).

Summary
A pair of twins are separated by a shipwreck, each believing the other has drowned. A lovesick duke woos a countess deep in mourning for her brother, while her rowdy household plots the downfall of her puritanical steward. Disguise, confusion, and mistaken identity follow in shakespeare's great comedy of love in all its manifestations.

Language
English

ISBN
9780812969238

General Note
"The version of Twelfth Night and the corresponding footnotes that appear in this volume were originally published in: William Shakespeare, complete works, edited by Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen, published in 2007 by Modern Library, a division of Random House, Inc."--t.p. verso.


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