Shakespeare and the book trade
By: Lukas Erne, University of Geneva
Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780521765664
Subjects: Books and reading; Literature publishing; Book industries and trade; Influence; Textual Criticism; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-289) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: 1. Quantifying Shakespeare's presence in print; title: 2. Shakespeare, publication and authorial misattribution; title: 3. The bibliographic and paratextual makeup of Shakespeare's Quarto playbooks; title: 4. Shakespeare's publishers; title: 5. The reception of printed Shakespeare; title: Appendix A. The publication of playbooks (by Shakespeare and his contemporaries to 1660; title: Appendix B. Printed playbooks of professional plays, including reprints, 1583-1622; title: Appendix C. Shakespeare's publishers, 1593-1622.)