Cymbeline by John Pitcher

Cymbeline by John Pitcher

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Summary

One of Shakespeare's late romances - along with Pericles, The Tempest and The Winter's Tale - Cymbeline tells three connected stories: the resistance of a British king to Roman rule; the story of two lovers Imogen and Posthumous driven apart by the lies of the villainous Jachimo; and the tale of two young princes kidnapped from the royal.

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Cymbeline by John Pitcher

The King of Britain, enraged by his daughter's disobedience in marrying against his wishes, banishes his new son-in-law. Having fled to Rome, the exiled husband makes a foolish wager with a villain he encounters there gambling on the fidelity of his abandoned wife. Combining courtly menace and horror, comedy and melodrama, Cymbeline is a moving depiction of two young lovers driven apart by deceit and self-doubt.
Stanley Wells is the General Editor of the Penguin Shakespeare. He is Emeritus Professor of the University of Birmingham and Chairman of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. John Pitcher is a fellow of St John's College, Oxford and specialises in Shakespeare and the literature and poetry of the Renaissance period. Stanley Wells is the General Editor of the Penguin Shakespeare. He is Emeritus Professor of the University of Birmingham and Chairman of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. He is general editor of the Oxford Shakespeare and his books include Shakespeare: The poet and His Plays and Shakespeare: For All Time. John Pitcher is a fellow of St John's College, Oxford and specialises in Shakespeare and the literature and poetry of the Renaissance period.
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ISBN 13 9780140707427
ISBN 10 0140707425
Title Cymbeline
Author John Pitcher
Series Penguin Shakespeare
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 2005-04-07
Number of pages 416
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.