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Book SynopsisOne of Shakespeare's final works, Cymbeline uses virtuoso theatrical and poetic means to dramatize a story of a marriage imperilled by mistrust and painfully rebuilt, in a context of international conflict. This edition emphasizes the play's theatrical impact and pays close attention to its complex, evocative language.
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations ; Introduction: Theatricality; Theatrical Perspectives: Experiment and Intimacy; Romance; A Retrospective Play; Style; The Wager Story; Widening the Wager Story; 'In a great pool a swan's nest': Rome and Britain; 'none but Milford way': From Court to Country; Innogen by Cloten's Corpse; Posthumus-and Jupiter; The Final Scene-and James I; Date; The Text ; Editorial Procedures; Abbreviations and References ; Cymbeline ; Appendix A: The Characters' Names ; Appendix B: The Music, edited by James Walker ; Appendix C: Alterations to Lineation ; Index
