The Signet Classics edition of William Shakespeare''s comedy of lovers misled.Romantic folly and false identites abound as an unusual love triangle takes the stage in this play about Orsino, the infatuated Duke of Illyria; Olivia, the countess he pursues; and Viola, the woman disguised as a man who comes between them. This revised Signet Classics edition includes unique features such as:• An overview of Shakespeare''s life, world, and theater• A special introduction to the play by the editor, Herschel Baker• Selections from Barnabe Rich, Of Apolonius and Silla, the source from which Shakespeare derived Twelfth Night • Dramatic criticism from Samuel Johnson, William Hazlitt, Charles Lamb, and others• A comprehensive stage and screen history of notable actors, directors, and productions• Text, notes, and commentaries printed in the clearest, most readable text• And more...

In each of these six essays, treating the greatest literary accomplishments of medieval and renaissance England, the author is concerned with the literary work as a whole and with a survey of recent critical approaches to it. Beowulf, by R. E. Kaske; The Canterbury Tales, by Richard L. Hoffman; Le Morte Darthur, by Larry D. Benson; The Faerie Queen, by A. C. Ham­ilton, King Lear, by Ernest William Talbert; and Paradise Lost, by Irene Samuel.

The Signet Classics edition of William Shakespeare''s comedy of lovers misled.Romantic folly and false identites abound as an unusual love triangle takes the stage in this play about Orsino, the infatuated Duke of Illyria; Olivia, the countess he pursues; and Viola, the woman disguised as a man who comes between them. This revised Signet Classics edition includes unique features such as:• An overview of Shakespeare''s life, world, and theater• A special introduction to the play by the editor, Herschel Baker• Selections from Barnabe Rich, Of Apolonius and Silla, the source from which Shakespeare derived Twelfth Night • Dramatic criticism from Samuel Johnson, William Hazlitt, Charles Lamb, and others• A comprehensive stage and screen history of notable actors, directors, and productions• Text, notes, and commentaries printed in the clearest, most readable text• And more...

In each of these six essays, treating the greatest literary accomplishments of medieval and renaissance England, the author is concerned with the literary work as a whole and with a survey of recent critical approaches to it. Beowulf, by R. E. Kaske; The Canterbury Tales, by Richard L. Hoffman; Le Morte Darthur, by Larry D. Benson; The Faerie Queen, by A. C. Ham­ilton, King Lear, by Ernest William Talbert; and Paradise Lost, by Irene Samuel.