Shakespeare in print a history and chronology of Shakespeare publishing (Second Edition)

"Described by the TLS as 'a formidable bibliographical achievement . . . destined to become a key reference work for Shakespeareans', Shakespeare in Print is now issued in a revised and expanded edition offering a wealth of new material, including a chapter which maps the history of digital editions from the earliest computer-generated texts to the very latest digital resources. Murphy's narrative offers a masterful overview of the history of Shakespeare publishing and editing, teasing out the greater cultural significance of the ways in which the plays and poems have been disseminated and received over the centuries from Shakespeare's time to our own. The opening chapters have been completely rewritten to offer close engagement with the careers of the network of publishers and printers who first brought Shakespeare to print, additional material has been added to all chapters, and the chronological appendix has been updated and expanded"-- Provided by publisher "Shakespeare in Print is the first ever comprehensive account of Shakespeare publishing and an indispensable research resource. Andrew Murphy sets out the history of the Shakespeare text from the Renaissance through to the twenty-first century, from the twin perspectives of editing and publishing history. Murphy tackles issues of editorial and textual theory in an accessible and engaging manner. He draws on a wide range of archival materials and attends to topics little explored by previous scholars, such as the importance of Scottish and Irish editions in the eighteenth century, the rise of the educational edition and the history and significance of mass-market editions. The extensive appendix is an invaluable reference tool which provides full publishing details of all single-text Shakespeare editions up to 1709 and all collected editions up to 1821. The listing also provides full details of a selected range of major editions beyond these dates to the present day."--Jacket. Described by The Library as 'a genuinely awesome achievement', this volume now appears in a revised and expanded edition which brings the history of Shakespeare publishing vividly to life, offering a masterful historical overview and revealing the greater cultural significance of the ways in which Shakespeare's work has been disseminated. 11.10_pp_235_257_Nineteenth-Century_Scholarly_Editions.pdf -1 Chapter 9 Nineteenth-Century Scholarly Editions 258 The year 1864 marked the three-hundredth anniversary of Shakespeare's birth.