Shakespeare in Print - A History and Chronology of Shakespeare Publishing

Brings the history of Shakespeare publishing vividly to life, from the earliest print editions to the latest digital texts.

List of contents

List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Part I: Text; Introduction; 1. Bringing Shakespeare to Print; 2. Collecting Shakespeare; 3. The Tonson Era 1: Rowe to Warburton; 4. The Tonson Era 2: Johnson to Malone; 5. Copyright Disputes: English Publishers; 6. Copyright Disputes: Scottish and Irish Publishers; 7. American Editions; 8. Nineteenth-Century Popular Editions; 9. Nineteenth-Century Scholarly Editions; 10. The New Bibliography; 11. Shakespeare in the Modern Era; 12. Shakespeare Beyond Print; Part II: Introduction to the Chronological Appendix; Chronological Appendix; Index 1: By Play/Poem Title; Index 2: By Series/Edition Title; Index 3: By Editor/Creator; Index 4: By Publisher/Printer/Host; Index 5: By Place of Publication (excluding London); Notes; Bibliography; Main Index.

About the author

Andrew Murphy is 1867 Professor of English at Trinity College Dublin. His authored books include Ireland, Reading and Cultural Nationalism, 1790–1930 (Cambridge, 2018) and Shakespeare for the People: Working-class Readers, 1800–1900 (Cambridge, 2008). He has been the recipient of fellowship awards from the British Academy and the Leverhulme Trust.

Summary

Described by The Library as 'a genuinely awesome achievement', this volume now appears in a revised and expanded edition which brings the history of Shakespeare publishing vividly to life, offering a masterful historical overview and revealing the greater cultural significance of the ways in which Shakespeare's work has been disseminated.

Additional text

'Andrew Murphy is having it both ways. Not content to produce an indispensable reference work, he has simultaneously written an immensely entertaining narrative that makes for compulsive reading … Murphy brings [his material] alive with an enviable lightness of touch, making of Shakespeare in Print not only the authoritative scholarly history of Shakespeare publishing and editing but also a page-turner which many readers will find difficult to put down.' Around the Globe

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Murphy, Andrew (Trinity College Dublin) Murphy, Murphy Andrew
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2021
• EAN: 9781108838009
• ISBN: 978-1-108-83800-9
• No. of pages: 668
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Manufacturing, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, DRAMA / Shakespeare, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Publishing industry & book trade, Classic and pre-20th century plays, Shakespeare Plays, Publishing and book trade, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Printing and reprographic technologies, Printing & Reprographic Technology, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean