ALA 2016 Vendor Exhibits: Oxford University Press

Released just in time for the 400^th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death on April 23, 1616 (mostly agreed-upon), Oxford University Press unveiled The New Oxford Shakespeare. The New Oxford Shakespeare is scoped for both undergraduates and scholars by integrating three OUP publications: the Modern Critical Edition; the Critical Reference Edition; and the Authorship Companion; the OUP site outlines the resource's features:

From the Modern Critical Edition:

• A fresh, authoritative Complete Works with modern spelling and punctuation
• Explanatory notes and performance notes on every page
• Innovative introductory materials, timelines, and illustrations for each play

From the Critical Reference Edition:

• A two-volume Complete Works including all primary texts, meticulously edited
• Presented with original spelling, punctuation, ambiguities, and inconsistencies
• Line-numbering corresponds across the Modern Critical and Critical Reference editions

From the Authorship Companion:

• Presenting the ideas, evidence, and methods that underlie the whole New Oxford Shakespeare project
• Cutting-edge research in attribution studies
• Research is cross-referenced to the works in the edition

Scheduled release date is late Fall 2016.