Old-Spelling Critical Edition of James Shirley''s the Example - The Renaissance Imagination

Originally published in 1987, An Old-Spelling Critical Edition of James Shirley's The Example, offers a critical examination of James Shirley's 1634 play, The Example, based on collating ten of the twenty-one copies of the play noted in Sir Walter Greg's Bibliography.

List of contents

Introduction.  1. The Text.  2. James Shirley (1956-1666).  3. Shirley's Dramatic Achievement (1625-1642).  4. The Example (1634).  The Example.  Textual Notes.  Press-Variants in Examined Copies of the Quarto (1637).  Emendations of Accidentals.  Collation of the Gifford and Dyce Edition (1833).

About the author

William F. Jones

Summary

Originally published in 1987, An Old-Spelling Critical Edition of James Shirley's The Example, offers a critical examination of James Shirley's 1634 play, The Example, based on collating ten of the twenty-one copies of the play noted in Sir Walter Greg's Bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: William F. Jones
• Assisted by: William F. Jones (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9780367110093
• ISBN: 978-0-367-11009-3
• No. of pages: 342
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Plays, Playscripts, Literary studies: plays and playwrights