Did Katherine in The Taming of the Shrew ever stay untamed? Many readers and students do not recognize the extent to which modern standard editions of Shakespeare, Milton, Marlowe and other Renaissance authors have been filtered through 18th-century and Victorian sensibilities. This volume reveals the array of possibilities opened up by unediting these texts. It shows how much the texts of early modern authors have altered and rigidified over time. It also demonstrates how modern interpretations and performances of such works can be injected with new energy by a recognition of the...