{"product_id":"shakespeare-discoveries-iv-william-s-niederkorn-9798234091963","title":"Shakespeare Discoveries IV: A Secular Tour of \"Falstaffe and the merrie Wives\"","description":"\u003cem\u003eA Most pleasant and excellent conceited Comedie, of Syr John Falstaffe, and the merrie Wives of Windsor\u003c\/em\u003e is the full title of a Shakespeare comedy first published in a 1602 Pamphlet edition, a title shortened here to \u003cem\u003eFalstaffe and the merrie Wives\u003c\/em\u003e. The play was next printed at almost double the length of the Pamphlet version as the third comedy in the 1623 Shakespeare Catalogue, \u003cem\u003eThe Merry Wives of Windsor. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eShakespeare Discoveries IV \u003c\/em\u003eoffers a comparative study of the two versions with a complete edition of the text of 1602 on left-hand pages and a complete edition of the text of 1623 on right-hand pages. Correcting the longstanding contention that the version of 1602 is an inferior reduction of that of 1623, commentary throughout consistently shows that the Pamphlet version, by William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon, was written through and much revised by Ben Jonson for the Catalogue.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William S. Niederkorn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798234091963\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Apian Friendly Warbler Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 4.25w x 0.64d","brand":"William S. Niederkorn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49084268151039,"sku":"9798234091963","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shakespeare-discoveries-iv-william-s-niederkorn-9798234091963","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}