TY - BOOK AU - Shakespeare, William AU - Woudhuysen, H.R., ed. TI - Love's labour's lost T2 - The Arden Shakespeare SN - 0174435002 U1 - 822.33 PY - 1998/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - English literature- Drama KW - English drama KW - Princesses KW - Love's labour's lost (Shakespeare, William) KW - Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 KW - Ferdinand, King of Navarre (Fictitious character) KW - Courtly love KW - Navarre (Kingdom) KW - Courts and courtiers N2 - The Arden Shakespeare has developed a reputation as the pre-eminent critical edition of Shakespeare for its exceptional scholarship, reflected in the thoroughness of each volume. An introduction comprehensively contextualizes the play, chronicling the history and culture that surrounded and influenced Shakespeare at the time of its writing and performance, and closely surveying critical approaches to the work. Detailed appendices address problems like dating and casting, and analyze the differing Quarto and Folio sources. A full commentary by one or more of the play’s foremost contemporary scholars illuminates the text, glossing unfamiliar terms and drawing from an abundance of research and expertise to explain allusions and significant background information. Highly informative and accessible, Arden offers the fullest experience of Shakespeare available to a reader ER -