Shakespeare and the Book Trade

ISBN-13: 9780521765664 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 320 str.

Lukas Erne

Opis

This study establishes the remarkable presence of Shakespeare's plays and poems in the early modern English book trade.

Recenzje

'Shakespeare and the Book Trade provides a comprehensive picture of Shakespeare's enduring popularity. This highly influential analysis will be of particular interest to scholars of the early modern book trade, early modern printed drama and, of course, scholars seeking to study Shakespeare within the material, cultural, and monetary contexts of his own time.' Andie Silva, The Sixteenth Century Journal

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Quantifying Shakespeare's presence in print; 2. Shakespeare, publication and authorial misattribution; 3. The bibliographic and paratextual makeup of Shakespeare's Quarto playbooks; 4. Shakespeare's publishers; 5. The reception of printed Shakespeare; Appendix A. The publication of playbooks by Shakespeare and his contemporaries to 1660; Appendix B. Printed playbooks of professional plays, including reprints, 1583–1622; Appendix C. Shakespeare's publishers, 1593–1622.