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Informationen zum Autor Andrew Murphy is Professor of English at the University of St. Andrews. He is the author of Shakespeare in Print: A History and Chronology of Shakespeare Publishing (2003), the editor of The Renaissance Text: Theory, Editing, Textuality (2000), and co-editor of Shakespeare and Scotland (2004). Klappentext Shakespeare's works were among the very first English secular texts to be edited. The long history of adapting them has positioned them as a catalyst for theories of editing and textuality. A Concise Companion to Shakespeare and the Text introduces the early editions, editing practices, and publishing history of Shakespeare's plays and poems, and examines their influence on bibliographic studies as a whole. Written by leading scholars in the field, this comprehensive text examines the history of Shakespeare's works in their subsequent editions, as well as the theories and practicalities of working with the texts. The first single-volume book to provide an accessible and authoritative introduction to Shakespearean bibliographic studies, this succinct text is an excellent resource for both students and faculty. Zusammenfassung A Concise Companion to Shakespeare and the Text introduces the early editions! editing practices! and publishing history of Shakespeare's plays and poems! and examines their influence on bibliographic studies as a whole. Inhaltsverzeichnis Notes on Contributors vii Acknowledgments x Note on Texts xi Introduction: What Happens in Hamlet? 1 Andrew Murphy Part I Histories of the Books 15 1 The Publishing Trade in Shakespeare's Time 17 Helen Smith 2 Reading and Authorship: The Circulation of Shakespeare 1590-1619 35 Peter Stallybrass and Roger Chartier 3 Shakespeare Writ Small: Early Single Editions of Shakespeare's Plays 57 Thomas L. Berger 4 The Life of the First Folio in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries 71 Anthony James West Part II Theories of Editing 91 5 The Birth of the Editor 93 Andrew Murphy 6 The Science of Editing 109 Paul Werstine 7 Editing Shakespeare in a Postmodern Age 128 Leah S. Marcus 8 Shakespeare and the Electronic Text 145 Michael Best Part III Practicalities 163 9 Working with the Text: Editing in Practice 165 David Bevington 10 Working with the Texts: Differential Readings 185 Sonia Massai 11 Mapping Shakespeare's Contexts: Doing Things with Databases 204 Neil Rhodes Afterword 221 John Drakakis Bibliography 239 Index 258 ...
