Timon of Athens: The Oxford Shakespeare

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ISBN: 9780199537440

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Attribute name	Attribute value
Author	Shakespeare, William
Pub Date	14/08/2008
Binding	Paperback
Pages	384

Publisher: O.U.P.

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This edition in The Oxford Shakespeare is the first full edition to identify the play as a collaboration between Shakespeare and Thomas Middleton. In his Introduction John Jowett explains how the play's loose ends and uneven writing arise from this collaboration, and he provides the fullest account of the play's performance history available.

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The Oxford Shakespeare
General Editor: Stanley Wells
The Oxford Shakespeare offers authoritative texts from leading scholars in editions designed to interpret and illuminate the plays for modern readers

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- Detailed introduction provides a full account of the play's performance history and explores issues of gender, gift-theory, and ecology
- Appendices include source materials and a chronology of major productions worldwide
- Illustrated with production photographs and related art
- Full index to introduction and commentary
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