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Scholars and gentlemen : Shakespearian textual criticism and representations of scholarly labour, 1725-1765 /

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Among the earliest editors of Shakespeare were several of the eighteenth century's most powerful writers. Scholars and Gentlemen demonstrates how much was at stake for these writers in the editing of English texts. Simon Jarvis examines not only eighteenth-century texts of Shakespeare, but also...

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Main Author: Jarvis, Simon
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1995.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Criticism and interpretation > History > 18th century.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Criticism, Textual.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616.
Edition_
Shakespeare, William.
Great Britain > Intellectual life > 18th century.
Criticism, Textual > History > 18th century.
Editing > History > 18th century.
Grande-Bretagne > Vie intellectuelle > 18e siècle.
Édition > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Criticism, Textual.
Editing.
Intellectual life.
Great Britain.
Textkritik
Wetenschapsbeoefening.
Tekstkritiek.
Uitgeven.
Geschichte 1725-1765.
1700-1799
English drama > Criticism
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The Culture of Scholarship in Early Eighteenth-Century England
  • 2. The Idea of a Settled Language and the Instability of Gentlemanly Editing
  • 3. The Venal and the Vain: The Attack on Gentlemanly Editing
  • 4. Lewis Theobald: The Specialist Scholar and his Textual-Critical Practice
  • 5. The 'Art of Criticism': Shakespearian Editing as the Display of Comprehensive Taste and Learning
  • 6. Johnson's Authorities: The Professional Scholar and English Texts in Lexicography and Textual Criticism
  • 7. Johnson's Theory and Practice of Shakespearian Textual Criticism
  • Conclusion: Textual Criticism and Enlightenment.