Love's Labour's Lost
📘 About This Book
The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to students worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship and emphasis on performance. The series features line-by-line commentaries and textual notes on the plays and poems. Introductions are regularly refreshed with accounts of new critical, stage and screen interpretations. Edited and introduced by William C. Carroll, this edition of Love's Labour Lost features a lively account of the play's performance history from 1632 to the present day. Stage and screen pr
📖 Zusammenfassung
William Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost, presented here through the scholarly lens of the 2009 New Cambridge Shakespeare edition edited by William C. Carroll, remains one of the playwright's most intellectually dazzling and linguistically inventive comedies. This specific volume serves students, scholars, and theater enthusiasts worldwide by offering up-to-date scholarship that emphasizes the play's vitality in performance, bridging the gap between historical text and modern stage interpretation. At its core, the play explores the humorous follies of human ambition, intellectual pretension, and the unpredictable nature of romance. The narrative follows the King of Navarre and his three loyal lords who take a solemn oath to dedicate three years to intense study and fasting, strictly banishing the company of women from their court. However, their grand ascetic plans are immediately derailed by the arrival of the Princess of France and her three witty ladies, forcing the men to confron
🎯 Wichtige Lektionen
⚖️ Vor- und Nachteile
✅ Vorteile
Includes up-to-date scholarship tailored for students and researchers worldwide.
Features comprehensive line-by-line commentaries and detailed textual notes.
Provides an engaging and thorough account of the play's performance history from 1632 onward.
Explores international productions and late twentieth-century stage and screen interpretations.
⚠️ Nachteile
Academic framing and extensive notes might feel overwhelming for casual readers seeking a light introduction.
Focuses heavily on scholarly criticism and performance history rather than purely modern adaptations.
✍️ About the Author
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an English playwright and poet widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language. His works include tragedies like 'Hamlet' and 'Macbeth', comedies like 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', and 154 sonnets.
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What is the primary focus of this New Cambridge Shakespeare edition? +
The edition focuses on up-to-date scholarship, line-by-line commentaries, textual notes, and a strong emphasis on performance history.
Who edited this 2009 edition of Love's Labour's Lost? +
The book was edited and introduced by William C. Carroll.
Does the book cover modern stage and screen interpretations? +
Yes, the introduction features a lively account of the play's performance history with particular attention to late twentieth-century and international productions.
What source text was used for this edition? +
The text was freshly edited directly from the First Folio.
How many pages long is this edition? +
The book spans 253 pages.
