A concise companion to Shakespeare and the text / edited by Andrew Murphy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Murphy, Andrew (Andrew D.)

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Blackwell concise companions to literature and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism, Textual.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Criticism, Textual.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Bibliography.

Drama--Editing.

History.

Transmission of texts.

Transmission of texts--History.

Drama--Editing--History.

Drama.

Genre:

Bibliographies.

Physical Description:

xi, 263 pages ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Shakespeare and the text

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2007.

Summary:

Shakespeare 's works were among the very first English secular texts to be edited. The long history of adapting them has positioned them as a catalyst for theories of editing and textuality. A Concise Companion to Shakespeare and the Text introduces the early editions, editing practices, and publishing history of Shakespeare 's plays and poems, and examines their influence on bibliographic studies as a whole.Written by leading scholars in the field, this comprehensive text examines the history of Shakespeare 's works in their subsequent editions, as well as the theories and practicalities of working with the texts. The first single-volume book to provide an accessible and authoritative introduction to Shakespearean bibliographic studies, this succinct text is an excellent resource for both students and faculty.

Contents:

Introduction : what happens in Hamlet? / Andrew Murphy

The publishing trade in Shakespeare's time / Helen Smith

Reading and authorship : the circulation of Shakespeare 1590-1619 / Peter Stallybrass and Roger Chartier

Shakespeare writ small : early single editions of Shakespeare's plays / Thomas L. Berger

The life of the first folio in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries / Anthony James West

The birth of the editor / Andrew Murphy

The science of editing / Paul Werstine

Editing Shakespeare in a postmodern age / Leah S. Marcus

Shakespeare and the electronic text / Michael Best

Working with the text : editing in practice / David Bevington

Working with the texts : differential readings / Sonia Massai

Mapping Shakespeare's contexts : doing things with databases / Neil Rhodes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-257) and index.

ISBN:

140513528X

9781405135283

OCLC:

71044214