Twelfth Night – A Norton Critical Edition - William Shakespeare

This Norton Critical Edition includes:The First Folio (1623) text of Twelfth Night, newly edited and annotated. Natasha Korda’s expert introduction and list of textual edits made to the Folio text for this edition. “Intertexts,” a rich selection of ancient and Renaissance works in conversation with Twelfth Night’s themes of disguised identity, gender fluidity, and fictive letter-writing. Nine illustrations, ranging from a painting alluded to in the text to photographs from modern stagings. Twenty-three critical interpretations of and responses to the play, tracing its reception and critical history from early performances to modern adaptations. “Adaptations and Appropriations” and “Interviews,” sections that explore the play’s various re-imaginings. A selected bibliography and filmography.