I need to buy a Complete Shakespeare with annotations (mainly just definitions of unfamiliar words). Problem is I can't inspect the books online to see which one suits my needs best, and I can only find a small handful of photos of the inside contents (pic related). I've narrowed it down to Bevington, Norton, and Riverside/Wadsworth.
Am I correct in assuming Bevington has surpassed Riverside? The notes are unobtrusive in comparison and the full name of characters is printed as opposed to an abbreviation. I'm unsure about the Norton. The bubbles seem distracting but the definitions being inline with the text itself is an advantage.
Thoughts? Any experience with the texts, or preference based on the pic.
Bentley Murphy
Mmm look at that sexy norton
Sebastian Ramirez
my edition of norton is beaten up, has dozens of its onion skin pages wrinkled up like a an old person's back, and has its spine nearly broken in half.
its one of my favorite things in the world and i intend to repair so i can continue perusing it for as long as possible.
Leo Hernandez
Arden
Cooper Morgan
The Arden Complete Works is just the text of the plays. It has no footnotes etc.
Anthony Ward
Norton every time.
Oliver Perez
For NON-complete editions: how do Norton and Arden compare?
Logan Roberts
I adore my Norton edition. If you like I'll take whatever pictures of it you want.
Benjamin Turner
I personally prefer Arden, but it depends on whay you want. Do you prefer a single long, thorough introduction, plentiful of note, and some appendixes, or would you rather have a decent introduction, solid notes and a bunch of essays and responses by different authors?
