Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare''s First Folio

Informationen zum Autor Emma Smith is Professor of Shakespeare Studies at the University of Oxford. She has lectured widely in the UK and beyond on the First Folio and on Shakespeare and early modern drama. Her research interests include the methodology of writing about theatre, and developing analogies between cinema, film theory and early modern performance. Her recent publications include Macbeth: Language and Writing (2013), The Cambridge Shakespeare Guide (Cambridge, 2012) and Shakespeare's First Folio: Four Centuries of an Iconic Book (2016). Klappentext An international team of scholars covers every aspect of one of the most famous books in the English language. Zusammenfassung Shakespeare's First Folio has had a continuous life in the hands of readers! editors and collectors for over four centuries. An international team of scholars surveys bibliographic! historical and textual material relating to the Folio and its critical reception! promoting a deep understanding of this most studied of books. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Emma Smith; 1. Shakespeare in print before 1623 Tara L. Lyons; 2. Publishing the First Folio Eric Rasmussen; 3. Printing the First Folio B. D. R. Higgins; 4. The prefatorial material Chris Laoutaris; 5. The provenance of the Folio texts Gabriel Egan; 6. 'Complete' works: the Folio and all of Shakespeare Peter Kirwan; 7. Early buyers and readers Jean-Christophe Mayer; 8. Editors Edmund G. C. King; 9. Collectors Steven K. Galbraith; 10. Reading the First Folio Emma Smith; 11. Digital First Folios Sarah Werner; 12. Afterword: the Folio as fetish Adam G. Hooks.

Product details

• Authors: Emma Smith
• Assisted by: Emma Smith (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.08.2016
• EAN: 9781107098787
• ISBN: 978-1-107-09878-7
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literary studies: plays and playwrights