Shakespeare and the Rise of the Editor
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2012
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-28727-2 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-28727-2 (ISBN)
Massai challenges the common assumption that the first editor of Shakespeare was Nicholas Rowe, who published his edition of Shakespeare's Works in 1709. Including six case studies of a selection of early printed playbooks, this book represents a sustained attempt to provide a prehistory of the official editorial tradition.
Sonia Massai's central claim in this book is that the texts of early printed editions of Renaissance drama, including Shakespeare's, did not simply 'degenerate' or 'corrupt' over time, as subsequent editions were printed using the immediate predecessor as their basis. By focusing on early correctors of dramatic texts for the press, this book identifies a previously overlooked category of textual agents involved in the process of their transmission into print. Massai also challenges the common assumption that the first editor of Shakespeare was Nicholas Rowe, who published his edition of Shakespeare's Works in 1709. The study offers a 'prehistory' of editing from the rise of English drama in print at the beginning of the sixteenth century to the official rise of the editorial tradition of Shakespeare at the beginning of the eighteenth century.
Sonia Massai's central claim in this book is that the texts of early printed editions of Renaissance drama, including Shakespeare's, did not simply 'degenerate' or 'corrupt' over time, as subsequent editions were printed using the immediate predecessor as their basis. By focusing on early correctors of dramatic texts for the press, this book identifies a previously overlooked category of textual agents involved in the process of their transmission into print. Massai also challenges the common assumption that the first editor of Shakespeare was Nicholas Rowe, who published his edition of Shakespeare's Works in 1709. The study offers a 'prehistory' of editing from the rise of English drama in print at the beginning of the sixteenth century to the official rise of the editorial tradition of Shakespeare at the beginning of the eighteenth century.
Introduction; Part I. The Rise of English Drama in Print: 1. English humanism and the publication of early Tudor drama; 2. Italian influences on the publication of late Tudor drama; Part II. The Rise of Shakespeare in Print: 3. The Wise Quartos (1597–1602); 4. The Pavier Quartos (1619); 5. The making of the First Folio (1623); 6. Perfecting Shakespeare in the Fourth Folio (1685); Conclusion.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 26.1.2012 |
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Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises |
Verlagsort | Cambridge |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 360 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 0-521-28727-8 / 0521287278 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-521-28727-2 / 9780521287272 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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