Book description
The jealous King of Sicily becomes convinced that his wife is carrying
the child of his best friend. Imprisoned and put on trial, the Queen
collapses when the King refuses to accept the divine confirmation of her
innocence. The child is abandoned to die on the coast of Bohemia. But
when she is found and raised by a shepherd, it seems redemption may be
possible.
Stanley Wells is Emeritus Professor of the University of Birmingham
and Chairman of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. Russ McDonald is
Nation s Bank Excellence Professor of English at the University of
North Carolina at Greensboro. The winner of multiple awards for
distinguished teaching, he has recently edited Shakespeare: An
Anthology of Criticism and Theory, 1945-2000. Ernest Schanzer was a
Shakespeare scholar who taught at the Universities of Liverpool and
Munich. Author of a book on Shakespeare's Problem Plays, he also had a
special interest in Shakespeare's sources and in his late plays. He
edited Pericles for the Signet edition.
Stanley Wells is Emeritus Professor of the University of Birmingham
and Chairman of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
Russ McDonald is Nation's Bank Excellence Professor of English at
the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The winner of multiple
awards for distinguished teaching, he has recently edited Shakespeare:
An Anthology of Criticism and Theory, 1945-2000.
Ernest Schanzer was a Shakespeare scholar who taught at the
Universities of Liverpool and Munich. Author of a book on
Shakespeare's Problem Plays, he also had a special interest in
Shakespeare's sources and in his late plays. He edited Pericles for
the Signet edition.
