Shakespeare''s Lady Editors'' - A New History of the Shakespearean Text

This bold and compelling revisionist history tells the remarkable story of the forgotten lives and labours of Shakespeare's women editors.

List of contents

Prologue: The Mystery of Mrs Valentine; 1. 'We Have Lost Our Labour': Recovering Women Editors of Shakespeare; 2. 'It is My Lady's Hand': Female Collaborators and Ambiguous Literary Labour; 2a. Sidenote: On Women Editing Not-Shakespeare (or Not Editing); 3. 'Give Ear, Sir, to My Sister': Women Editors and Scholarly Networks in America; 3a. Sidenote: A Primer on Early Student Editions of Shakespeare; 4. 'This Story the World May Read in Me': Biography and Bibliography; 5.'We Happy Few': Women and the New Bibliography; Epilogue.

About the author

Molly G. Yarn completed her PhD at the University of Cambridge in 2019. She is a co-editor of the Royal Shakespeare Company's revised edition of Shakespeare's Complete Works, as well as an active theatre practitioner.

Summary

From novelists and professors to suffragists and Irish revolutionaries, Shakespeare's women editors lived extraordinary lives and produced editions that, throughout England and America, were read and used by people of all ages. This compelling book draws on book history, literary studies and women's history alike to tell their remarkable stories.

Foreword

This bold and compelling revisionist history tells the remarkable story of the forgotten lives and labours of Shakespeare's women editors.

Product details

• Authors: Molly G. Yarn
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2024
• EAN: 9781009001120
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0900112-0
• No. of pages: 351
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; English, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, DRAMA / Shakespeare, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Literary studies: general, Gender studies: women, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Gender studies: women and girls, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Classic and pre-20th century plays, Shakespeare Plays, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean