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Timon of Athens : the life of Timon of Athens / by William Shakespeare and Thomas Middleton ; edited by John Jowett.

Timon of Athens is an bitterly intriguing study of a fabulously rich man who wastes his wealth on his friends, and, when he is finally impoverished, learns to despise humanity with a hatred that drives him to his grave. This edition offers an up-to-date commentary on the play that is more detailed a...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Authors: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 (Author), Middleton, Thomas, -1627 (Author)
Other Authors: Jowett, John (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cary : Oxford University Press, UK, 2004.
Series:Oxford Shakespeare.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616. > Timon of Athens.
Timon, > of Athens, > active 5th century B.C. > In literature.
Timon, > of Athens, > active 5th century B.C. > Drama.
Timon, > of Athens, > active 5th century B.C.
Timon of Athens (Shakespeare, William)
Loss (Psychology) > Drama.
Poor > Drama.
Recluses > Drama.
Rich people > Drama.
Athens (Greece) > Drama.
Literature
Loss (Psychology)
Poor
Recluses
Rich people
Greece > Athens
Drama
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Date of Composition
  • The Structure of a Theatre Work: Acts and Scenes
  • Early Staging: Possibilities
  • Plutarch and Lucian
  • Satire and Tragedy
  • Misanthropy
  • Giving and Sacrifice
  • Male and Female
  • Debt
  • Gold
  • The Iron Age
  • Mammon
  • Friends
  • Alcibiades
  • Apemantus
  • Thieves
  • Steward
  • Poet and Painter
  • Four Words, Three Epitaphs
  • 'The Man-hater' and After
  • Modern Worlds: Britain
  • Modern Worlds: Europe
  • Modern Worlds: North America
  • Timon: Approaches to the Role
  • Staging the Masque
  • Staging the Alcibiades Plot
  • 'Timon of Athens' on Television
  • Text
  • A Divided Play
  • Middleton's Hand
  • Shakespeare and Middleton
  • Editorial Procedures
  • Text and Collation
  • Commentary
  • Abbreviations and References
  • Appendix A: Alterations to Lineation
  • Appendix B: Narrative Source Materials
  • Appendix C: Tabulation of Forms Favoured by Middleton
  • Appendix D: Major Productions
  • Index.

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