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The Cambridge companion to Shakespeare's First Folio / edited by Emma Smith.

"One of the world's most studied books, prompting speculation about everything from proof-reading practices in the early modern publishing industry to the 'true' authorship of Shakespeare's plays. Arguments about the nature of the First Folio are crucial to every modern edit...

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Other Authors: Smith, Emma (Emma Josephine) (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Series:Cambridge companions to literature.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Bibliography > Folios. 1623.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616.
Printing > England > London > History > 17th century.
Literature publishing > England > London > History > 17th century.
Bibliography.
Literature publishing.
Printing.
England > London.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface / Emma Smith
  • Shakespeare in print before 1623 / Tara L. Lyons
  • Publishing the First Folio / Eric Rasmussen
  • Printing the First Folio / B.D.R. Higgins
  • The prefatorial material / Chris Laoutaris
  • The provenance of the Folio texts / Gabriel Egan
  • 'Complete' Works: The Folio and all of Shakespeare / Peter Kirwan
  • Early buyers and readers / Jean-Christophe Mayer
  • Editors / Edmund G.C. King
  • Collectors / Steven K. Galbraith
  • Reading the First Folio / Emma Smith
  • Digital First Folios / Sarah Werner
  • Afterword: the Folio as fetish / Adam G. Hooks.

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