The Cambridge companion to Shakespeare's First Folio / edited by Emma Smith.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Smith, Emma (Emma Josephine), editor.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Cambridge companions to literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Bibliography--Folios. 1623.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Bibliography.

Printing--England--London--History--17th century.

Printing.

Literature publishing--England--London--History--17th century.

Literature publishing.

History.

England--London.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 203 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

Summary:

"One of the world's most studied books, prompting speculation about everything from proof-reading practices in the early modern publishing industry to the 'true' authorship of Shakespeare's plays. Arguments about the nature of the First Folio are crucial to every modern edition of Shakespeare and thus to every reader or student of the plays"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Preface / Emma Smith

Shakespeare in print before 1623 / Tara L. Lyons

Publishing the First Folio / Eric Rasmussen

Printing the First Folio / B.D.R. Higgins

The prefatorial material / Chris Laoutaris

The provenance of the Folio texts / Gabriel Egan

'Complete' Works: The Folio and all of Shakespeare / Peter Kirwan

Early buyers and readers / Jean-Christophe Mayer

Editors / Edmund G.C. King

Collectors / Steven K. Galbraith

Reading the First Folio / Emma Smith

Digital First Folios / Sarah Werner

Afterword: the Folio as fetish / Adam G. Hooks.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9781107098787

1107098785

9781107491687

1107491681

OCLC:

947074050