{"product_id":"as-you-like-it-the-new-oxford-shakespeare-paperback","title":"As You Like It: The New Oxford Shakespeare - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Shakespeare\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTodd Borlik\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eFrancis X. Connor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'We that are true lovers run into strange capers.'\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFour centuries after its publication in the Folio, \u003cem\u003eAs You Like It\u003c\/em\u003e's capacity to entertain and instruct remains evergreen. This edition provides a friendly yet authoritative introduction to the play, upholding it as a crowning expression of the Elizabethan Renaissance while underscoring its appeal to twenty-first century readers as Shakespeare's most intrepid exploration of gender, sexuality, and the environment. Its double-cross-dressed heroine dominates the plot (and their love interest Orlando) to conduct a masterclass in gender fluidity. The melancholic Jaques unmasks the fundamental theatricality of existence and questions humanity's prerogative to displace and harm other species. Through the clown Touchstone, the comedy tests the possibility that we might laugh ourselves wise, especially when we learn to laugh at ourselves. In the Forest of Arden, we encounter Shakespeare's most beguiling vision of the natural world as a realm of serenity and harmony, while brushing up against the briars that puncture our fantasies of the simple life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe New Oxford Shakespeare\u003c\/em\u003e offers authoritative editions of Shakespeare's works with introductory materials designed to encourage new interpretations of the plays and poems. Using the text from the landmark \u003cem\u003eThe New Oxford Shakespeare Complete Works: Modern Critical Edition\u003c\/em\u003e, these volumes offer readers the latest thinking on the authentic texts (collated from all surviving original versions of Shakespeare's work) alongside innovative introductions from leading scholars. The texts are accompanied by a comprehensive set of critical apparatus to give readers the best resources to help understand and enjoy Shakespeare's work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Shakespeare \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTodd Borlik is Reader in Renaissance Literature at the University of Huddersfield, UK. He studied English Literature at Washington University in St. Louis and Keble College, Oxford before completing his PhD at the University of Washington in Seattle. For five years, he taught as an Assistant Professor at Bloomsburg University in Pennsylvania. He is the author of three books and over thirty articles or book chapters on Shakespeare and early modern English literature. He is currently co-editing an Arden guide to \u003cem\u003eThe Winter's Tale\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Oxford Handbook of Shakespeare and the Natural World\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrancis X. Connor is Associate Professor of English at Wichita State University, where he teaches courses in Shakespeare, Early Modern Literature, and the history of the book. An associate editor for the \u003cem\u003eNew Oxford Shakespeare\u003c\/em\u003e, he is the author of \u003cem\u003eLiterary Folios and Ideas of the Book in Early Modern England\u003c\/em\u003e (2014), and his work has appeared in \u003cem\u003eShakespeare Survey\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePBSA\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSidney Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, and elsewhere.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.7 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 11, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44892879847526,"sku":"9780192865809","price":17.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/D_occnuR0V9780192865809.webp?v=1772924719","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/as-you-like-it-the-new-oxford-shakespeare-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}