Overview
Shakespeareās āmerry wivesā are Mistress Ford and Mistress Page of the town of Windsor. The two play practical jokes on Mistress Fordās jealous husband and a visiting knight, Sir John Falstaff.
Merry wives, jealous husbands, and predatory knights were common in a kind of play called ācitizen comedyā or ācity comedy.ā In such plays, courtiers, gentlemen, or knights use social superiority to seduce citizensā wives.
The Windsor wives, though, do not follow that pattern. Instead, Falstaffās offer of himself as lover inspires their torment of him. Falstaff responds with the same linguistic facility that Shakespeare gives him in the history plays in which he appears, making him the āheroā of the play for many audiences.
This edition includes:
-Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play
-Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play
-Scene-by-scene plot summaries
-A key to the playās famous lines and phrases
-An introduction to reading Shakespeareās language
-An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play
-Fresh images from the Folger Shakespeare Libraryās vast holdings of rare books
-An annotated guide to further reading
Essay by Natasha Korda
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This book title, The Merry Wives of Windsor, ISBN: 9781982156886, by William Shakespeare, Dr. Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine, published by Simon & Schuster (June 9, 2020) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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