A Concise Companion to Shakespeare and the Text

Copyright © 2007 Blackwell Publishing Ltd

A Concise Companion to Shakespeare and the Text

Editor(s): Andrew Murphy

Published Online: 21 JAN 2008

Print ISBN: 9781405135283

Online ISBN: 9780470757895

DOI: 10.1002/9780470757895

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A Concise Companion to Shakespeare and the Text introduces the early editions, editing practices, and publishing history of Shakespeare's plays and poems, and examines their influence on bibliographic studies as a whole.

  • The first single-volume book to provide an accessible and authoritative introduction to Shakespearean bibliographic studies
  • Includes a helpful introduction, notes on Shakespeare's texts, and a useful bibliography
  • Contributors represent both leading and emerging scholars in the field
  • Represents an unparalleled resource for both students and faculty

Table of contents

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      Frontmatter (pages i–xi)

    1. Introduction: What Happens in Hamlet? (pages 1–14)

      Andrew Murphy

  3. Part I: Histories of the Books

    1. Chapter 1

      The Publishing Trade in Shakespeare's Time (pages 15–34)

      Helen Smith

    2. Chapter 2

      Reading and Authorship: The Circulation of Shakespeare 1590-1619 (pages 35–56)

      Peter Stallybrass and Roger Chartier

    3. Chapter 3

      Shakespeare Writ Small: Early Single Editions of Shakespeare's Plays (pages 57–70)

      Thomas L. Berger

    4. Chapter 4

      The Life of the First Folio in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries (pages 71–90)

      Anthony James West

  4. Part II: Theories of Editing

    1. Chapter 5

      The Birth of the Editor (pages 91–108)

      Andrew Murphy

    2. Chapter 6

      The Science of Editing (pages 109–127)

      Paul Werstine

    3. Chapter 7

      Editing Shakespeare in a Postmodern Age (pages 128–144)

      Leah S. Marcus

    4. Chapter 8

      Shakespeare and the Electronic Text (pages 145–161)

      Michael Best

  5. Part III: Practicalities

    1. Chapter 9

      Working with the Text: Editing in Practice (pages 163–184)

      David Bevington

    2. Chapter 10

      Working with the Texts: Differential Readings (pages 185–203)

      Sonia Massai

    3. Chapter 11

      Mapping Shakespeare's Contexts: Doing Things with Databases (pages 204–220)

      Neil Rhodes

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      Afterword (pages 221–238)

      John Drakakis

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      Bibliography (pages 239–257)

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      Index (pages 258–263)

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