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Comedy, love, disguise, and the poignancy of joy.

If you're looking to dive into a world where love entangles with disguise and merry confusion reigns, "Twelfth Night" is your perfect escape. This play effortlessly weaves together the lightness of comedy with soulful introspection, capturing the delightful absurdity of life. And having the Oxford Shakespeare touch means you're getting the clearest insight into the Bard's linguistic genius, with all the scholarly trimmings to enhance your reading journey. Plus, if you have a soft spot for music in storytelling, this edition's unique focus on the play's musical elements will strike a chord with you.

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Twelfth Night, or What You Will: The Oxford Shakespeare

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ISBN: 9780199536092
Date of Publication: 2008-04-17
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Romance, Poetry, Drama
Related Topics: Classics, Literature, Classics, Theatre
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Twelfth Night is one of the most popular of Shakespeare's plays in the modern theatre, and this edition places particular emphasis on its theatrical qualities throughout. Peopled with lovers misled either by disguises or their own natures, it combines lyrical melancholy with broad comedy.The introduction analyses its many views of love and the juxtaposition of joy and melancholy, while the detailed commentary pays particular attention to its linguistic subtleties.Music is particularly important in Twelfth Night , and this is the only modern edition to offer material for all the music required in a performance. James Walker has re-edited the existing music from the original sources, and where noe exists has composed settings compatible with the surviving originals.About the For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
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Comedy, love, disguise, and the poignancy of joy.

If you're looking to dive into a world where love entangles with disguise and merry confusion reigns, "Twelfth Night" is your perfect escape. This play effortlessly weaves together the lightness of comedy with soulful introspection, capturing the delightful absurdity of life. And having the Oxford Shakespeare touch means you're getting the clearest insight into the Bard's linguistic genius, with all the scholarly trimmings to enhance your reading journey. Plus, if you have a soft spot for music in storytelling, this edition's unique focus on the play's musical elements will strike a chord with you.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.