Unediting the Renaissance - Shakespeare, Marlowe and Milton

List of contents

1 INTRODUCTION: The blue-eyed witch 2 TEXTUAL INSTABILITY AND IDEOLOGICAL DIFFERENCE: The case of Doctor Faustus 3 PURITY AND DANGER IN THE MODERN EDITION: The Merry Wives of Windsor 4 THE EDITOR AS TAMER: A Shrew and The Shrew 5 BAD TASTE AND BAD HAMLET 6 JOHN MILTON’S VOICE

About the author

Leah S.Marcus is Blumberg Centennial Professor in English at the University of Texas, Austin. Her previous books include Childhood and Cultural Despair, The Politics of Mirth and Puzzling Shakespeare.

Summary

A path-breaking and timely look at the issues of the textual editing of Renaissance works. Both erudite and accessible, it is fascinating and provocative reading for any Renaissance student and scholar.

Product details

• Authors: Leah Marcus
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.11.1996
• EAN: 9780415099349
• ISBN: 978-0-415-09934-9
• No. of pages: 280
• Weight: 680 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Classic and pre-20th century plays, Shakespeare Plays, Literary studies: plays and playwrights