Author: Adele Davidson
Publisher: Associated University Presse
ISBN: 9780874130478
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 332
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The year 2008 marks the four hundredth anniversary of the first publication of King Lear, and for four centuries the play has remained a consummate bibliographical mystery. Winner of the 2007 Jay L. Halio prize for best manuscript in Shakespeare studies, Shakespeare in Shorthand demonstrates that many textual anomalies derive from the play's transcription in Elizabethan shorthand. The shorthand system of John Willis, Stenographie (1602), shows a high correlation with the unusual textual features found in the first quarto of Lear (1608). The patterns of variants in the quarto conform to Willis' rules regarding the reduction of diphthongs and digraphs and the omission of aspirated, doubled, or unsounded letters. In the past two decades the textual interrelation of quarto and folio (1623) Lear has proven one of the most contested issues in Shakespearean studies, and an examination of Stenographie reveals that some of these textual differences result not from authorial revision, but from transmission in abbreviated writing. Bibliographical evidence also indicates that some textual omissions from the folio version are neither authorial nor theatrical, but derive from the printing house.
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2188
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Author: Lewis Walker
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317943376
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 920
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This bibliography will give comprehensive coverage to published commentary in English on Shakespeare and the Classical Tradition during the period from 1961-1985. Doctoral dissertations will also be included. Each entry will provide a clear and detailed summary of an item's contents. For pomes and plays based directly on classical sources like Antony and Cleopatra and The Rape of Lucrece, virtually all significant scholarly work during the period covered will be annotated. For other works such as Hamlet, any scholarship that deals with classical connotations will be annotated. Any other bibliographies used in the compiling of this volume will be described with emphasis on their value to a student of Shakespeare and the Classics.
Author: James Purkis
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107119685
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 325
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This book explores collaboration, theatre practice, and Shakespeare's canon by analysing the evidence of manuscripts used in early modern playhouses.
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Languages : en
Pages : 252
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Author: Peter Alexander
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107450799
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 239
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Originally published in 1929, this book contains an examination of Shakespeare's three-part Henry VI and its 'sequel', Richard III. Alexander addresses a number of questions regarding the integrity of the texts of both plays, whether or not Shakespeare wrote them in collaboration with another author, and possible interpolations from other plays. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Shakespeare, particularly his histories.
Author: Halliday, Bernard, Firm, Booksellers, Leicester, Eng
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Languages : en
Pages : 1012
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Languages : en
Pages : 128
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2046
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 264
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