Timon of Athens: The Oxford Shakespeare
Timon of Athens: The Oxford Shakespeare Timon of Athens is a bitterly intriguing study of a fabulously rich man who wastes his wealth on his friends, and, when he is finally impoverished, learns to…
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Timon of Athens: The Oxford Shakespeare
Timon of Athens is a 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. Yet readers have often detected loose ends, and the tone of writing is uneven. The play's plot structure is schematically clear, and the poetry of Timon's rage is arresting in its savage intensity.
This edition pays full justice to Middleton's presence, explaining how his contribution gave the play its distinctive edge. In his introduction, John Jowett explains how these characteristics arise because the play was written as a collaboration between Shakespeare and Thomas Middleton. Readers need to read this play as a dialogue between writers of different temperaments, and this edition is the first to make such a reading possible.The introduction provides the fullest