The Struggle for Shakespeare's Text: Twentieth-Century Editorial Theory and Practice

ISBN-13: 9780521889179 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 319 str.

Gabriel Egan

Opis

Egan traces a century of arguments about editing Shakespeare's plays, revealing what's at stake in presenting them to modern readers.

Recenzje

'An eminently readable guide to all the key concepts and tools in engaging with Shakespeare's text.' Around the Globe

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. The fall of pessimism and the rise of New Bibliography, 1902–42; 2. New techniques and the Virginian School: New Bibliography, 1939–68; 3. New Bibliography, 1969–79; Intermezzo: the rise and fall of the theory of memorial reconstruction; 4. New Bibliography critiqued and revised, 1980–90; 5. The 'new' New Bibliography: the Oxford Complete Works, 1978–89; 6. Materialism, unediting and version-editing, 1990–99; Conclusion: the twenty-first century; Appendix I. How early-modern books were made: a brief guide; Appendix II. Table of Shakespeare editions up to 1623; Appendix III. Editorial principles of the major twentieth-century Shakespeare editions; Works cited.