New Variorum Shakespeare
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The New Variorum Shakespeare is a comprehensive scholarly edition of Shakespeare’s works that collates and annotates centuries of critical commentary and textual variants.
All labels observed (1)
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| New Variorum Shakespeare canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New Variorum Shakespeare Context triple: [Horace Howard Furness, notableWork, New Variorum Shakespeare]
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A.
Second Folio of Shakespeare
The Second Folio of Shakespeare is the 1632 second collected edition of William Shakespeare’s plays, notable for reprinting and slightly revising the landmark First Folio text.
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B.
The Yale Shakespeare
The Yale Shakespeare is a distinguished scholarly edition of William Shakespeare’s works published by Yale University Press, known for its authoritative texts and academic commentary.
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C.
Arden Shakespeare series
The Arden Shakespeare series is a highly respected scholarly edition of William Shakespeare’s works, known for its authoritative texts, extensive annotations, and critical introductions used widely in academic study.
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D.
Folger Shakespeare Library editions of Shakespeare’s plays
The Folger Shakespeare Library editions of Shakespeare’s plays are a widely used series of scholarly yet accessible texts that pair modernized spelling and helpful annotations with authoritative introductions and contextual materials.
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E.
Traductions de Shakespeare
Traductions de Shakespeare is François-Victor Hugo’s renowned French translation of William Shakespeare’s plays, celebrated for its literary quality and influence on Shakespeare’s reception in the Francophone world.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New Variorum Shakespeare Target entity description: The New Variorum Shakespeare is a comprehensive scholarly edition of Shakespeare’s works that collates and annotates centuries of critical commentary and textual variants.
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A.
Second Folio of Shakespeare
The Second Folio of Shakespeare is the 1632 second collected edition of William Shakespeare’s plays, notable for reprinting and slightly revising the landmark First Folio text.
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B.
The Yale Shakespeare
The Yale Shakespeare is a distinguished scholarly edition of William Shakespeare’s works published by Yale University Press, known for its authoritative texts and academic commentary.
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C.
Arden Shakespeare series
The Arden Shakespeare series is a highly respected scholarly edition of William Shakespeare’s works, known for its authoritative texts, extensive annotations, and critical introductions used widely in academic study.
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D.
Folger Shakespeare Library editions of Shakespeare’s plays
The Folger Shakespeare Library editions of Shakespeare’s plays are a widely used series of scholarly yet accessible texts that pair modernized spelling and helpful annotations with authoritative introductions and contextual materials.
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E.
Traductions de Shakespeare
Traductions de Shakespeare is François-Victor Hugo’s renowned French translation of William Shakespeare’s plays, celebrated for its literary quality and influence on Shakespeare’s reception in the Francophone world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
annotated edition
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critical edition ⓘ scholarly edition ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
English literature
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Shakespeare studies ⓘ textual criticism ⓘ |
| aim |
to document the history of Shakespearean criticism
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to provide a comprehensive scholarly apparatus for Shakespeare’s texts ⓘ |
| basedOn | works of William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| editorialPolicy |
includes commentary from multiple centuries of scholarship
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records variant readings from major early editions and manuscripts ⓘ |
| feature |
bibliographic references
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collation of textual variants ⓘ critical commentary ⓘ extensive textual notes ⓘ glossarial notes ⓘ historical commentary ⓘ index of critical opinions ⓘ stage history documentation ⓘ |
| genre |
literary criticism
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reference work ⓘ textual scholarship ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Modern Language Association of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
New Variorum Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
NERFINISHED
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New Variorum Shakespeare: Antony and Cleopatra NERFINISHED ⓘ New Variorum Shakespeare: As You Like It NERFINISHED ⓘ New Variorum Shakespeare: Coriolanus NERFINISHED ⓘ New Variorum Shakespeare: Hamlet NERFINISHED ⓘ New Variorum Shakespeare: Henry V NERFINISHED ⓘ New Variorum Shakespeare: Julius Caesar NERFINISHED ⓘ New Variorum Shakespeare: King Lear NERFINISHED ⓘ New Variorum Shakespeare: Macbeth NERFINISHED ⓘ New Variorum Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing NERFINISHED ⓘ New Variorum Shakespeare: Othello NERFINISHED ⓘ New Variorum Shakespeare: Richard III NERFINISHED ⓘ New Variorum Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet NERFINISHED ⓘ New Variorum Shakespeare: Sonnets NERFINISHED ⓘ New Variorum Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice NERFINISHED ⓘ New Variorum Shakespeare: The Tempest NERFINISHED ⓘ New Variorum Shakespeare: Twelfth Night NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
Shakespeare scholars
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advanced students of literature ⓘ textual editors ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Shakespearean drama
NERFINISHED
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William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
comprehensiveness of critical annotation
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long-term, multi-volume publication project ⓘ |
| publisher | Modern Language Association of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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