Norton Critical Editions:Renaissance Literature

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  • 1 Henry IV: A Norton Critical Edition

    William Shakespeare, Gordon McMullan

    Third Edition

    Paperback

    The text, with few departures, is that of the First Quarto (1598) edition of the play.

  • The Taming of the Shrew: A Norton Critical Edition

    William Shakespeare, Dympna Callaghan

    First Edition

    Paperback

    This Norton Critical Edition of one of Shakespeare’s earliest and best-loved comedies is based on the First Folio (1623).

  • The Merchant of Venice: A Norton Critical Edition

    William Shakespeare, Leah S. Marcus

    First Edition

    Paperback

    The Merchant of Venice is one of Shakespeare’s most beautiful plays and, conversely, his ugliest. Juxtaposed within the same conceptual frame are heavenly and musical harmonies, romantic love, materialism, and racism.

  • Richard III: A Norton Critical Edition

    William Shakespeare, Thomas Cartelli

    First Edition

    Paperback

    In The Tragedy of King Richard III, Shakespeare chronicles the rise and fall of one of history’s most repellent, and the theater’s most mesmerizing, figures.

  • Macbeth: A Norton Critical Edition

    William Shakespeare, Robert S. Miola

    Second Edition

    Paperback

    A tragedy that evokes both pity and terror—now in a thoroughly revised and updated Norton Critical Edition.