The above-named General Editors and Advisory Board will edit The Complete Works of James Shirley, a corpus of around 50 works, including plays, poems, and prose. James Shirley is arguably the most significant dramatic writer of the late English Renaissance, and his complete works have never been edited. The most recent edition of his plays is the 1888 Methuen collection, and his plays and poems last appeared together in the Gifford/Dyce edition of 1833. The Oxford edition will be based on current editorial standards and theory, with close attention paid to accuracy and bibliographical understanding of the copy-texts. Christa Jansohn will edit one or two of the earlier plays for this edition.