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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783941003321

Autore

Marcus Leah S (Leah Sinanoglou)

Titolo

Unediting the Renaissance : Shakespeare, Marlowe, Milton / / Leah S. Marcus

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1996

ISBN

1-134-85592-3

1-134-85593-1

0-203-42444-1

1-280-32195-4

0-203-30150-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Disciplina

820.9003

Soggetti

English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - Criticism, Textual

Transmission of texts

Renaissance - England

Editing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-262) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface and acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; INTRODUCTION: The blue-eyed witch; TEXTUAL INSTABILITY AND IDEOLOGICAL DIFFERENCE: The case of Doctor Faustus; PURITY AND DANGER IN THE MODERN EDITION: The Merry Wives of Windsor; THE EDITOR AS TAMER: A Shrew and The Shrew; BAD TASTE AND BAD HAMLET; JOHN MILTON'S VOICE; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A path-breaking and timely look at the issues of the textual editing of Renaissance works. Both erudite and accessible, it is fascinating and provocative reading for any Renaissance student and scholar.