Folger Shakespeare Library editions of Shakespeare’s plays
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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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| Folger Shakespeare Library editions of Shakespeare’s plays canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Folger Shakespeare Library editions of Shakespeare’s plays Context triple: [Folger Shakespeare Library, subjectOf, Folger Shakespeare Library editions of Shakespeare’s plays]
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A.
Norton Critical Editions
Norton Critical Editions is a renowned series of scholarly annotated texts that combine authoritative editions of literary works with critical essays, contextual documents, and editorial commentary for students and scholars.
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B.
Shakespeare quartos
Shakespeare quartos are early, individually printed editions of William Shakespeare’s plays that provide crucial evidence about the texts’ original forms and their publication history.
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C.
Norton Anthologies
The Norton Anthologies are influential, widely used academic collections of literature and other texts that provide curated, annotated selections for study in schools and universities.
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D.
Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare
Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare is a comprehensive reference book in which Isaac Asimov explains the historical, cultural, and literary background of Shakespeare’s plays and poems for modern readers.
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E.
Gutenberg Bible copies
Gutenberg Bible copies are surviving exemplars of the first major book printed in Europe using movable metal type by Johannes Gutenberg in the mid-15th century, prized for their historical and bibliographic significance.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Folger Shakespeare Library editions of Shakespeare’s plays Target entity description: 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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A.
Norton Critical Editions
Norton Critical Editions is a renowned series of scholarly annotated texts that combine authoritative editions of literary works with critical essays, contextual documents, and editorial commentary for students and scholars.
-
B.
Shakespeare quartos
Shakespeare quartos are early, individually printed editions of William Shakespeare’s plays that provide crucial evidence about the texts’ original forms and their publication history.
-
C.
Norton Anthologies
The Norton Anthologies are influential, widely used academic collections of literature and other texts that provide curated, annotated selections for study in schools and universities.
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D.
Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare
Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare is a comprehensive reference book in which Isaac Asimov explains the historical, cultural, and literary background of Shakespeare’s plays and poems for modern readers.
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E.
Gutenberg Bible copies
Gutenberg Bible copies are surviving exemplars of the first major book printed in Europe using movable metal type by Johannes Gutenberg in the mid-15th century, prized for their historical and bibliographic significance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Shakespeare edition
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book series ⓘ |
| aimedAt |
general readers
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students ⓘ teachers ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Folger Shakespeare Library ⓘ |
| basedOn | works of William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| containsWork |
A Midsummer Night's Dream
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surface form:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
As You Like It ⓘ Hamlet ⓘ Henry V (play) ⓘ
surface form:
Henry V
Julius Caesar ⓘ King Lear ⓘ Macbeth ⓘ Much Ado About Nothing ⓘ Othello (play) ⓘ
surface form:
Othello
Richard III of England ⓘ
surface form:
Richard III
Romeo and Juliet ⓘ The Merchant of Venice ⓘ The Taming of the Shrew ⓘ The Tempest ⓘ Twelfth Night ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describedAs |
accessible
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scholarly ⓘ |
| editor |
Barbara A. Mowat
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Paul Werstine ⓘ |
| feature |
extensive annotations
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facing-page notes ⓘ glosses of difficult words and phrases ⓘ historical context ⓘ illustrations from the Folger collection ⓘ introductory essays ⓘ line numbers ⓘ modernized spelling ⓘ scene-by-scene plot summaries ⓘ textual notes ⓘ theatrical context ⓘ |
| genre | annotated edition ⓘ |
| imprint | Folger Shakespeare Library ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| publisher | Simon & Schuster ⓘ |
| subject |
Elizabethan drama
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Renaissance literature ⓘ |
| textPolicy | modern English spelling with original wording preserved ⓘ |
| usedIn |
secondary education
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undergraduate education ⓘ |
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