Shakespeare's book : essays in reading, writing and reception / edited by Richard Meek, Jane Rickard and Richard Wilson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Meek, Richard, 1975-

Rickard, Jane.

Wilson, Richard, 1950-

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism and interpretation.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Criticism and interpretation.

Authors and patrons.

Authors and publishers.

Physical Description:

273 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

Contents:

Part I Books

" An index and obscure prologue': Books and theatre in Shakespeare's literary authorship / Patrick Cheney Cheney, Patrick

" A Man in Print'?: Shakespeare and the Representation of the Press / Helen Smith Smith, Helen

" Penned Speech': Seeing and Not Seeing in King Lear / Richard Meek Meek, Richard

" A Stringless Instrument': Richard II and the Defeat of Poetry / Richard Wilson Wilson, Richard

Part II Texts

Foucault's Epistemic Shift and Verbatim Repetition in Shakespeare / Gabriel Egan Egan, Gabriel

" As sharp as a Pen': Henry V and its texts / Duncan Salkeld Salkeld, Duncan

Shakespeare's Deletions and False Starts, Mark 2 / E. A. J. Honigmann Honigmann, E. A. J.

Part III Readers

The First Folio: " My Shakespeare'/" Our Shakespeare': Whose Shakespeare? / George Donaldson Donaldson, George

The " First' Folio in Context: The Folio Collections of Shakespeare, Jonson and King James / Jane Rickard Rickard, Jane

A New Early Reader of Shakespeare / Stanley Wells Wells, Stanley

" Too long for a play': Shakespeare Beyond Page and Stage / John Lyon Lyon, John.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780719079054

0719079055

OCLC:

234435610