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Shakespeare's early readers : a cultural history from 1590 to 1800 / Jean-Christophe Mayer.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) PR2967 .M39 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mayer, Jean-Christophe, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Literature publishing.
- History.
- Book industries and trade.
- Authors and readers.
- England.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Appreciation.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Influence.
- Authors and readers--England--History--17th century.
- Book industries and trade--England--History--17th century.
- Literature publishing--England--History--17th century.
- Art appreciation.
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 259 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- "Shakespeare's Early Readers covers the period from the publication of the first Shakespearean playbooks to the gradual disappearance of the monopoly on the publication of Shakespeare's works, held by a handful of publishers, and the opening of the market to a wider readership in the course of the eighteenth century. In sum, the monograph addresses that crucial formative early modern 'moment' when Shakespeare's works began to permeate the public sphere both in London and elsewhere. His plays and poems were handed down, transformed, disseminated and appraised by his readers"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Literacy and the circulation of plays
- Life in the archives : shaping early modern selfhood
- Readers and editors : a concordia discors
- Early modern theatrical annotators and transcribers
- Commonplacing : the myth and the empirical impulse
- Passing judgement : parts 1 and 2.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781107138339
- 1107138337
- OCLC:
- 1030974687
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