As a student, teacher and lover of English, I have several editions of Shakespeare's plays: Arden, Oxford, Penguin and some more obscure ones. I have settled on this edition as my preferred one. The Arden and Oxford editions may be more scholarly, but none beats the sourcebook Shakespeares for information, variety and sheer readability.
So what makes this edition so special?
First and foremost the text is spaciously laid out. That may not sound like a big deal, but just look at the way Shakespeare is usually set out - lines close together, almost crammed onto a page. Here, the text is given room to breathe. This makes appreciating (and annotating) it much easier. Psychologically, you don't have the feeling of stepping into an impenetrable ... Read More:
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As a student, teacher and lover of English, I have several editions of Shakespeare's plays: Arden, Oxford, Penguin and some more obscure ones. I have settled on this edition as my preferred one. The Arden and Oxford editions may be more scholarly, but none beats the sourcebook Shakespeares for information, variety and sheer readability.
So what makes this edition so special?
First and foremost the text is spaciously laid out. That may not sound like a big deal, but just look at the way Shakespeare is usually set out - lines close together, almost crammed onto a page. Here, the text is given room to breathe. This makes appreciating (and annotating) it much easier. Psychologically, you don't have the feeling of stepping into an impenetrable ... Read More:
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As a student, teacher and lover of English, I have several editions of Shakespeare's plays: Arden, Oxford, Penguin and some more obscure ones. I have settled on this edition as my preferred one. The Arden and Oxford editions may be more scholarly, but none beats the sourcebook Shakespeares for information, variety and sheer readability.
So what makes this edition so special?
First and foremost the text is spaciously laid out. That may not sound like a big deal, but just look at the way Shakespeare is usually set out - lines close together, almost crammed onto a page. Here, the text is given room to breathe. This makes appreciating (and annotating) it much easier. Psychologically, you don't have the feeling of stepping into an impenetrable ... Read More:
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As a student, teacher and lover of English, I have several editions of Shakespeare's plays: Arden, Oxford, Penguin and some more obscure ones. I have settled on this edition as my preferred one. The Arden and Oxford editions may be more scholarly, but none beats the sourcebook Shakespeares for information, variety and sheer readability.
So what makes this edition so special?
First and foremost the text is spaciously laid out. That may not sound like a big deal, but just look at the way Shakespeare is usually set out - lines close together, almost crammed onto a page. Here, the text is given room to breathe. This makes appreciating (and annotating) it much easier. Psychologically, you don't have the feeling of stepping into an impenetrable ... Read More:
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As a student, teacher and lover of English, I have several editions of Shakespeare's plays: Arden, Oxford, Penguin and some more obscure ones. I have settled on this edition as my preferred one. The Arden and Oxford editions may be more scholarly, but none beats the sourcebook Shakespeares for information, variety and sheer readability.
So what makes this edition so special?
First and foremost the text is spaciously laid out. That may not sound like a big deal, but just look at the way Shakespeare is usually set out - lines close together, almost crammed onto a page. Here, the text is given room to breathe. This makes appreciating (and annotating) it much easier. Psychologically, you don't have the feeling of stepping into an impenetrable ... Read More:
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As a student, teacher and lover of English, I have several editions of Shakespeare's plays: Arden, Oxford, Penguin and some more obscure ones. I have settled on this edition as my preferred one. The Arden and Oxford editions may be more scholarly, but none beats the sourcebook Shakespeares for information, variety and sheer readability.
So what makes this edition so special?
First and foremost the text is spaciously laid out. That may not sound like a big deal, but just look at the way Shakespeare is usually set out - lines close together, almost crammed onto a page. Here, the text is given room to breathe. This makes appreciating (and annotating) it much easier. Psychologically, you don't have the feeling of stepping into an impenetrable ... Read More:
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As a student, teacher and lover of English, I have several editions of Shakespeare's plays: Arden, Oxford, Penguin and some more obscure ones. I have settled on this edition as my preferred one. The Arden and Oxford editions may be more scholarly, but none beats the sourcebook Shakespeares for information, variety and sheer readability.
So what makes this edition so special?
First and foremost the text is spaciously laid out. That may not sound like a big deal, but just look at the way Shakespeare is usually set out - lines close together, almost crammed onto a page. Here, the text is given room to breathe. This makes appreciating (and annotating) it much easier. Psychologically, you don't have the feeling of stepping into an impenetrable ... Read More:
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As a student, teacher and lover of English, I have several editions of Shakespeare's plays: Arden, Oxford, Penguin and some more obscure ones. I have settled on this edition as my preferred one. The Arden and Oxford editions may be more scholarly, but none beats the sourcebook Shakespeares for information, variety and sheer readability.
So what makes this edition so special?
First and foremost the text is spaciously laid out. That may not sound like a big deal, but just look at the way Shakespeare is usually set out - lines close together, almost crammed onto a page. Here, the text is given room to breathe. This makes appreciating (and annotating) it much easier. Psychologically, you don't have the feeling of stepping into an impenetrable ... Read More:
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