The Collected Works brings together for the first time in a single volume all the works currently attributed to Middleton. It is the first edition of Middletonas works since 1886. The texts are printed in modern spelling and punctuation, with critical introductions and foot of the page commentaries; they are arranged in chronological order, with a special section of Juvenilia. The volume is introduced by essays on Middleton’s life and reputation, on early modern London, and on the varied theatres of the English Renaissance. Extensively illustrated, it incorporates much new information on Middleton’s life, canon, texts, and contexts. A self consciously ‘federal edition’, The Collected Works applies contemporary theories about the nature of literature and the history of the book to editorial practice.