'Hamlet' After Q1 - An Uncanny History of the Shakespearean Text

Informationen zum Autor Zachary Lesser Klappentext Zachary Lesser is Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania and author of Renaissance Drama and the Politics of Publication: Readings in the English Book Trade. Zusammenfassung In 1823 Sir Henry Bunbury discovered an early edition of Hamlet that radically differs from the known and celebrated version of the play. Zachary Lesser examines how this improbable discovery forced readers to reexamine accepted truths about Shakespeare as an author and the nature of Shakespeare's texts. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction. The Ur- Hamlet Chapter 1. As Originally Written by Shakespeare: Textual Bibliography and Textual Biography Chapter 2. Contrary Matters: The Power of the Gloss and the History of an Obscenity Chapter 3. Enter the Ghost in His Night Gowne: Behind Gertrude's Bed Chapter 4. Conscience Makes Cowards: The Disintegration and Reintegration of Shakespeare Conclusion. Q1 in the Library at Babel Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments

Product details

• Authors: Zachary Lesser
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.01.2016
• EAN: 9780812223569
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-2356-9
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Material Texts
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies