Shakespeare and the book
By: David Scott Kastan.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Cambridge, U.K; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 167
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism, Textual; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Bibliography; Drama -- Publishing -- Great Britain -- History; Drama -- Editing -- History; Transmission of texts; Canon (Literature)
Description: This text is an examination of how Shakespeare's plays were transformed from scripts to be performed into books to be read, and from popular entertainments into the centrepieces of the English literary canon.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-158) and index.