Timon Of Athens

Third Series

William Shakespeare, Anthony Dawson, Gretchen E. Minton (Montana State University, USA) , Richard Proudfoot

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Arden Shakespeare
17 March 2009

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Shakespeare studies & criticism

Series: Arden Shakespeare

Timon of Athens has struck many readers as rough and unpolished, perhaps even unfinished, though to others it has appeared as Shakespeare's most profound tragic allegory. Described by Coleridge as `the stillborn twin of King Lear', the play has nevertheless proved brilliantly effective in performance over the past thirty or forty years.

This edition accepts and contributes to the growing scholarly consensus that the play is not Shakespeare's solo work, but is the result of his collaboration with Thomas Middleton, who wrote about a third of it. The editors offer an account of the process of collaboration and discuss the different ways that each author contributes to the play's relentless look at the corruption and greed of society. They provide, as well, detailed annotation of the text and explore the wide range of critical and theatrical interpretations that the play has engendered. Tracing both its satirical and tragic strains, their introduction presents a perspective on the play's meanings that combines careful elucidation of historical context with analysis of its relevance to modern-day society. An extensive and well-illustrated account of the play's production history generates a rich sense of how the play can speak to different historical moments in specific and rewarding ways.

By: William Shakespeare
Edited by: Anthony Dawson, Gretchen E. Minton (Montana State University, USA), Richard Proudfoot
Imprint: Arden Shakespeare
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 518g
ISBN: 9781903436974
ISBN 10: 1903436974
Series: Arden Shakespeare
Pages: 480
Publication Date: 17 March 2009
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Anthony B. Dawson is Professor of English Emeritus at the University of British Columbia. Gretchen E. Minton is an Assistant Professor of English at Montana State University in Bozeman. She specializes in Shakespeare and his contemporaries as well as the literature of the English Reformation and has published articles on Augustine, Erasmus, John Foxe, John Bale, and Shakespeare, as well as contemporary film and drama.

Reviews for Timon Of Athens: Third Series

'...a critical introduction that...could scarcely be better...an admirable edition of Shakespeare and Middleton's challenging collaberative play.' * Shakespeare Quarterly (2009) *