Antony and Cleopatra, A Longman Cultural Edition

From Longman's Cultural Editions series,Antony and Cleopatra,edited by David Quint, presents William Shakespeare's classic work along with a critical introduction and contextual materials on and from the period. Handsomely produced and affordably priced, theLongman Cultural Editionsseries presents classic works in provocative and illuminating contextscultural, critical, and literary. EachCultural Editionconsists of the complete text of an important literary work, reliably edited, headed by an inviting introduction, and supplemented by helpful annotations; a table of dates to track its composition, publication, and public reception in relation to biographical, cultural and historical events; and a guide for further inquiry and study. One Longman Cultural Edition can be packaged at no additional cost with any volume ofThe Longman Anthology of British Literatureby Damrosch et al., or at a discount with any other Longman textbook. See all the Longman Cultural Editions at www.ablongman.com/longmanculturaleditions .

David Quint is Sterling Professor of Comparative Literature and English at Yale University.  He is a specialist in the literature of the European Renaissance.   Among his books are Origin and Originality in Renaissance Literature (Yale, 1983), Epic and Empire (Princeton, 1993), Montaigne and the Quality of Mercy (Princeton, 1998), and Cervantes's Novel of Modern Times: A New reading of Don Quijote (Princeton, 2003).  He has translated The Stanze of Angelo Poliziano (University of Masachusetts, 1978) and (with Alexander Sheers) Ludovico Ariosto's Cinque Canti (University of California, 1996).