Reddit reviews The Norton Shakespeare (Third Edition) (Vol. Four-Volume Set)
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The latest Norton anthology comes in three versions: an elbow-punishing single-volume hardback, a two-volume paperback version split chronologically, and a four-volume one split into genres: histories, tragedies, comedies, and romances/poems.
The introductory essays are thorough and well-written and the glosses and footnotes are unobtrusive and helpful.
The series editor is Stephen Greenblatt, the Stephen Hawking of literary studies, and the volume editors are all known names.
I bought the four-volume set because I don’t want to have to explain to friends how I got tennis elbow from reading Shakespeare.
I read all the plays in a row using this edition, and I can say that the notes and glosses are consistently useful. The single-column format really does help.
Also, if you buy all four as a set, the price is a lot lower than if you buy the volumes individually.
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I don’t know why anyone uses any other edition, frankly.