Shakespeare's 'lady editors' : a new history of the Shakespearean text /

The basic history of the Shakespearean editorial tradition is familiar and well-established. For nearly three centuries, men, most of them white and financially privileged, ensconced themselves in private and hard-to-access libraries, hammering out 'their' versions of Shakespeare's te...

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Main Author: Yarn, Molly G. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2022].
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Summary:The basic history of the Shakespearean editorial tradition is familiar and well-established. For nearly three centuries, men, most of them white and financially privileged, ensconced themselves in private and hard-to-access libraries, hammering out 'their' versions of Shakespeare's text. They produced enormous, learned tomes, monuments to their author's greatness and their own reputations.
Physical Description:xiv, 335 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-325) and index.
ISBN:9781316518359
1316518353
9781009001120
1009001124