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    The Complete Cymbeline: An Annotated Edition of the Shakespeare Play
    The Complete Cymbeline: An Annotated Edition of the Shakespeare Play
    The Complete Cymbeline: An Annotated Edition of the Shakespeare Play
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    The Complete Cymbeline: An Annotated Edition of the Shakespeare Play

    By Donald Richardson

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    Cymbeline repeats many of Shakespeares plot devices: villainous slander, homicidal jealousy, cross-gender disguise, a deathlike trance, the appearance of Jupiter in a vision, and final repentance, forgiveness, and reunion (Mowat, xiii), all of which result in an improbable story (Mowat, xv). As a romance, the play calls to mind the need for Coleridges willing suspension of disbelief (Biographia Literaria, quoted in Greenblatt, 478). Yet it is still Shakespeare.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateAug 3, 2016
    ISBN9781524621032
    The Complete Cymbeline: An Annotated Edition of the Shakespeare Play
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    Donald Richardson

    Donald Richardson OAM, a senior practicing artist and retired long-term educator in art, design and art history, has never been satisfied by historic writing in the field. In this book, he summarises and deconstructs key documents and marshals the clamouring desperation of many for redress and restitution. In the process, he proposes innovations for education and practice (in particular relating to perspective rendering and form). More generally, he proposes that the aesthetic be recognised as a sense of universal human relevance and value.

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      The Complete Cymbeline - Donald Richardson

      © 2016 Donald Richardson. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      Published by AuthorHouse 08/01/2016

      ISBN: 978-1-5246-2104-9 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-5246-2105-6 (hc)

      ISBN: 978-1-5246-2103-2 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2016912276

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models,

      and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Table of Contents

      ACT I

      ACT II

      ACT III

      ACT IV

      ACT V

      Works Cited

      Other Books by Donald J. Richardson

      Dust in the Wind, 2001

      Rails to Light, 2005

      Song of Fools, 2006

      Words of Truth, 2007

      The Meditation of My Heart, 2008

      The Days of Darkness, 2009

      The Dying of the Light, 2010

      Between the Darkness and the Light, 2011

      The Days of Thy Youth, 2012

      Those Who Sit in Darkness¸ 2013

      Just a Song at Twilight, 2014

      Covered with Darkness, 2015

      Behold the Sun, 2016

      The Complete Hamlet, 2012

      The Complete Macbeth, 2013

      The Complete Romeo and Juliet, 2013

      The Complete King Lear, 2013

      The Complete Julius Caesar, 2013

      The Complete Merchant of Venice, 2013

      The Complete Midsummer Night’s Dream, 2013

      The Complete Much Ado About Nothing, 2013

      The Complete Twelfth Night, 2014

      The Complete Taming of the Shrew, 2014

      The Complete Tempest, 2014

      The Complete Othello, 2014

      The Complete Henry IV, Part One, 2014

      The Complete Antony and Cleopatra, 2014

      The Complete Comedy of Errors, 2014

      The Complete Henry IV, Part Two, 2014

      The Complete Henry V, 2014

      The Tragedy of Richard the Third, 2015

      The Complete Two Gentlemen of Verona, 2015

      The Complete Richard the Second, 2015

      The Complete Coriolanus, 2015

      The Complete As You Like It, 2015

      The Complete All’s Well That Ends Well, 2015

      The Complete Love’s Labors Lost, 2015

      The Complete Measure for Measure, 2015

      The CompleteWinter’s Tale, 2015

      The CompleteHenry VIII, 2016

      The Complete Troilus and Cressida, 2016

      The Complete King John, 2016

      About the Book

      Cymbeline repeats many of Shakespear’s plot devices: villainous slander, homicidal jealousy, cross-gender disguise, a deathlike trance, the appearance of Jupiter in a vision, and final repentance, forgiveness, and reunion (Mowat, xiii), all of which results in an improbable story (Mowat, xv). As a romance, the play calls to mind the need for Coleridge’s willing suspension of disbelief (Biographia Literaria, quoted in Greenblatt, 478). Yet it is still Shakespeare.

      About the Author

      Donald J. Richardson is still trying to teach English Composition at Phoenix College.

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