the complete works of shakespeare kittredge

Starting in 2006 with Hamlet, a new series of single volume Shakespeare plays was released under the name The New Kitteridge.

New introductions by Professor Ribner replaced Kittredge's originals, and the notes were set out as footnotes to the text, rather than following the text, as was the case in the original series. Revised series īetween 19, all of Shakespeare's plays were reissued, revised by Irving Ribner. This collection includes the full introductions and all of the notes, textural notes and play glossaries found in each individual volume. Sixteen Plays of Shakespeare, with a preface by Arthur Colby Sprague, was released as a single volume in 1946. In 1945, Arthur Colby Sprague, of Bryn Mawr College, edited volumes for Henry V and The Merchant of Venice from Kittredge's explanatory notes. Kittredge died in July 1941 at age 81, and was working on the original series of these books until shortly before he passed. Released posthumously: Henry V, The Merchant of Venice Released 1941: Antony and Cleopatra, Othello, Richard The Second, and Twelfth Night.Īlso released between 19: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing Released 1940: Henry IV, part 1, King Lear, and Romeo and Juliet Released 1939: As You Like It, Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, and The Tempest. The original series included the following volumes:

The original series included an introduction to each play, text of the play, copious literary notes following the text, textual notes, and a glossary. Kittredge, who had taught Harvard undergraduates an introductory course on Shakespeare called English 2, had written very little on the subject, other than an address in 1916 at the Sanders Theater, before publishing his Complete Works in 1936 (see below) and the individual play series, starting in 1939. The original series included text and analysis of sixteen of Shakespeare's Plays. George Kittredge born in 1860, was nearly 80 years old when the first volumes of Kittredge Shakespeare were published in 1939.

The first page in a 1946 edition of Sixteen Plays of Shakespeare Original series

The complete works of shakespeare kittredge