Shakesperiana - A Catalogue of Early Editions of Shakespeare s Plays, of

Klappentext A wide-ranging collection of early writings of the renowned Victorian book collector and Shakespeare scholar James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps. Zusammenfassung These early writings of the renowned Victorian book collector and Shakespeare scholar James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps provide multi-faceted insights into mid-nineteenth-century Shakespeare criticism. They include a catalogue of early editions and commentaries! textual studies! and essays on individual characters and plays. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Shakesperiana; 2. An account of the only known manuscript of Shakespeare's plays; 3. An introduction to Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream; 4. On the character of Sir John Falstaff, as originally exhibited by Shakespeare in the two parts of King Henry IV; 5. Curiosities of modern Shakesperian criticism; 6. Observations on some of the manuscript emendations of the text of Shakespeare and are they copyright?

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• Authors: J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Halliwell-Phillipps James Orchard
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.07.2009
• EAN: 9781108000024
• ISBN: 978-1-108-00002-4
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law