No-one reads a Shakespeare play more closely than an editor making a critical edition, although the closeness varies between series. The Arden Shakespeare (1899-) was the most successful mass readership Shakespeare edition in the twentieth century, articulating recondite textual matters to scholarly readers while also providing commentary and notes for the general reader, the student, and the theatre practitioner. Here I examine the first 8 volumes by 6 editors, published immediately prior to the New Bibliography that can for convenience be dated from the publication of A. W. Pollard's Shakespeare Folio and Quartos (1909). I try to characterize these editors' close engagements with the texts and in particular their confidence that their lab...
Shakespeare editing in the twentieth century involves a history of practice, and a history of ideas ...
Shakespeare editing in the twentieth century involves a history of practice, and a history of ideas ...
In the wake of the publication of the new Arden Performance editions of Shakespeare, launched in 201...
This is a conference paper.No-one reads a Shakespeare play more closely than an editor making a cri...
The file attached to this record is the authors final peer reviewed version. The publishers final ve...
We know Shakespeare's writings only from imperfectly-made early editions, from which editors struggl...
We know Shakespeare's writings only from imperfectly-made early editions, from which editors struggl...
We know Shakespeare's writings only from imperfectly-made early editions, from which editors struggl...
In a review of this kind it can be difficult to know where to stop; after all, 'editions and textua...
This book chapter was published in the book, The Struggle for Shakespeare's Text Twentieth-Century ...
This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in The year's...
This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in The year's...
This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in The year's...
A generation ago, many Shakespearean scholars simply accepted the versions of the play that they wer...
Covering the changes in Shakespeare editorial theory and practice over the decades between the publi...
Shakespeare editing in the twentieth century involves a history of practice, and a history of ideas ...
Shakespeare editing in the twentieth century involves a history of practice, and a history of ideas ...
In the wake of the publication of the new Arden Performance editions of Shakespeare, launched in 201...
This is a conference paper.No-one reads a Shakespeare play more closely than an editor making a cri...
The file attached to this record is the authors final peer reviewed version. The publishers final ve...
We know Shakespeare's writings only from imperfectly-made early editions, from which editors struggl...
We know Shakespeare's writings only from imperfectly-made early editions, from which editors struggl...
We know Shakespeare's writings only from imperfectly-made early editions, from which editors struggl...
In a review of this kind it can be difficult to know where to stop; after all, 'editions and textua...
This book chapter was published in the book, The Struggle for Shakespeare's Text Twentieth-Century ...
This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in The year's...
This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in The year's...
This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in The year's...
A generation ago, many Shakespearean scholars simply accepted the versions of the play that they wer...
Covering the changes in Shakespeare editorial theory and practice over the decades between the publi...
Shakespeare editing in the twentieth century involves a history of practice, and a history of ideas ...
Shakespeare editing in the twentieth century involves a history of practice, and a history of ideas ...
In the wake of the publication of the new Arden Performance editions of Shakespeare, launched in 201...