By William Shakespeare
Hailed by way of The Washington Post as "a definitive synthesis of the simplest editions" and via The Times of London as "a monument to Shakespearean scholarship," The Oxford Shakespeare is the last word anthology of the Bard's paintings: the main authoritative version of the performs and poems ever released.
Now, virtually twenty years after the unique quantity, Oxford is proud to announce a completely up-to-date moment variation, together with for the 1st time the texts of The Reign of Edward III and Sir Thomas More, spotting those performs formally as real works by way of Shakespeare. this gorgeous assortment is the made of years of full-time study by way of a staff of British and American students and represents the main thorough exam ever undertaken of the character and authority of Shakespeare's paintings. The editors reconsidered each element of the textual content within the mild of recent scholarship they usually completely re-examined the earliest revealed models of the performs, firmly constructing the canon and chronological order of composition. All degree instructions were reconsidered in mild of unique staging, and plenty of new instructions for crucial motion were additional. This very good quantity additionally contains a short advent to every paintings in addition to an illuminating basic creation. ultimately, the editors have extra a wealth of secondary fabric, together with an essay on language, a listing of up to date allusions to Shakespeare, an index of Shakespearean characters, a thesaurus, a consolidated bibliography, and an index of first strains of the Sonnets.
Compiled by means of the world's best experts, jam-packed with info, and attractively designed, The Oxford Shakespeare is the most excellent of Shakespearean anthologies.
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Qu7ilme maudisse ! Eh bien, tant mieux, qu’il jette aux quatre vents sa nouvelle colère. Il était seul. Lui voilà compagnie. Sa chaude haine écarte son néant. Ma malfaisance est faite de bienfaits. Et ce vieil os vaut dix coups de bâton. SCÈNE 3 Même assistance. , sinopéen se sont un peu rappro&. PHOCION Je cherche en vain le bonheur en ce monde. Ai-je le droit de me vouloir heureux? L'es-tu toi-même au seuil de ce tonneau? DIOGÈNE C'est mon affaire. Oui, la quête de l'homme est le bonheur. Il faut trouver sa route.
Eh bien pensons ensemble. Est insensé qui refuse la nuit car sans la nuit nous n’aurions pas de jour. Ce ne sont là que des mots infertiles, une évidence, eh bien soit ! je l’accepte. Partons de là. Vous tous approchez-vous, écoutez-moi loin de ces indiscrets... n désigne k sinopéa et Élosipos. ces demiers sël0;gnent. Le Sinopéen hausse les épaules. Les clialogues de Diogène ne sont p l s que munnwes. SCÈNE 4 Le Sinopéen Éiosipos. LE SINOPÉEN Je l’entends bien qu’il dit n’importe quoi sous le couvert de la subtilité.
Les disciph se lèvent, maaçants. SINOPEEN Je reviendrai pour te casser la tête avec mes gens ! LE DIOGÈNE Et moi je t’attendrai pour te dissoudre et tu seras poussière. Me menaçant, c’est toi que tu menaces. Fais bonne chère et que ton ventre éclate ou cherche un pal pour traverser ton corps. Le Sinopéen est hors de lui. Élosipos lui prend le bras pour l’obliger à s % b w . SCÈNE 6 Diogène. Les Disciples. DIOGÈNE Que je suis las de ces vaines paroles ! Mon sang s’échauffe et j’y perds la raison.