Thomas Middleton and early modern textual culture : a companion to the collected works

Thomas Middleton and Early Modern Textual Culture is not only a companion to The Collected Works of Thomas Middleton, which every scholar of Renaissance literature will find indispensable. It is also essential reading for anyone interested in the history of the book in early modern Europe. The book is divided into three parts. The first part, on The Culture, situates Middleton within an historical and theoretical overview of early modern textual production, reproduction, circulation, and reception. An introductory essay by Gary Taylor (The Order of Persons) surveys lists of persons written by or connected to Middleton, using the complex relationship between textual and social orders to trace the evolution of textual culture in England during the Middleton century (1580-1679). Ten original essays then focus on Middletons connections to different aspects of textual culture in that century: authorship (by MacD. P. Jackson), manuscripts (Harold Love), legal texts (Edward Geiskes), censorship (Richard Burt), printing (Adrian Weiss), visual texts (John Astington), music (Andrew Sabol), stationers and living authors (Cyndia Clegg), posthumous publishing (Maureen Bell), and early readers (John Jowett). The rest of the volume, supplies the documentation for claims made in the first part. Part II, the author includes detailed evidence for the canon and chronology of Middleton's works in all genres, greatly extending previous scholarship, and using the latest corpus-based attribution techniques. This section situates individual authorial agency in the space between larger institutional forces and the material specificity of particular textual embodiments. Part III, The Texts, contains a full editorial apparatus for each item in The Collected Works : an Introduction, which summarizes and extends previous scholarship, is followed by textual notes, recording substantive departures from the control-text, variants between early texts, press-variants, discussions of emendations, and (for plays) an exact transcription of all original stage directions. Cross-references make it easy to move between the two volumes. This authoritative account of the early texts includes some extraordinarily complicated cases, which have never before been systematically collated: Hence, all you vain delights (the most popular song lyric from the Renaissance stage), The Two Gates of Salvation, The Peacemaker , and A Game at Chess (the most complex editorial problem in early modern drama, with eight extant texts and numerous reports of the early performances). TABLE OF CONTENTS ALPHABETICAL CONTENTS INDEX OF TITLES BY GENRE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS HOW TO USE THIS BOOK PREFACE: TEXTUAL PROXIMITIES Part I: The Culture 'The Order of Persons' 'Early Modern Authorship: Canons and Chronologies' 'Thomas Middleton: Oral Culture and the Manuscript Economy' "From Wronger and Wronged Have I Fee”: Thomas Middleton and Early Modern Legal Culture ‘Middleton, Music, and Dance’ ‘Thomas Middleton, Uncut: Castration, Censorship, and the Regulation of Dramatic Discourse in Early Modern England’ ‘Casting Compositors, Foul Cases, and Skeletons: Printing in Middleton’s Age’ ‘Visual Texts: Thomas Middleton and Prints’ "Twill Much Enrich the Company of Stationers”: Thomas Middleton and the London Book Trade, 1580–1627 ‘Booksellers without an Author, 1627–1685’ ‘For Many of Your Companies: Middleton’s Early Readers’ Part II: The Author ‘Introduction: The Middleton Canon’ ‘Works Included in this Edition: Canon and Chronology’ ‘Works Excluded from this Edition’ Part III: The Texts ‘Thomas Middleton: Lives and Afterlives ‘Middleton’s London ‘Middleton’s Theatres The Wisdom of Solomon Paraphrased Microcynicon: Six Snarling Satires The Ghost of Lucrece The Penniless Parliament of Threadbare Poets News from Gravesend The Nightingale and the Ant; and, Father Hubburd’s Tales The Meeting of Gallants at an Ordinary Plato’s Cap The Black Book The Whole Royal and Magnificent Entertainment The Patient Man and the Honest Whore The Phoenix Michaelmas Term The Puritan Widow; or, The Puritan; or, The Widow of Watling Street The Revenger’s Tragedy A Trick to Catch the Old One Your Five Gallants A Mad World, My Masters A Yorkshire Tragedy Sir Robert Sherley The Two Gates of Salvation The Roaring Girl The Lady’s Tragedy The Triumphs of Truth The Manner of his Lordship’s Entertainment Masque of Cupids Civitatis Amor A Fair Quarrel The Owl’s Almanac The Triumphs of Honour and Industry Orazio Busino’s Eyewitness Account of The Triumphs of Honour and Industry Masque of Heroes; or, The Inner Temple Masque The Peacemaker; or, Great Britain’s Blessing The World Tossed at Tennis The Triumphs of Love and Antiquity Honourable Entertainments The Sun in Aries An Invention The Triumphs of Honour and Virtue The Triumphs of Integrity The Triumphs of the Golden Fleece Measure for Measure: A Genetic Text The Tragedy of Macbeth: A Genetic Text The Life of Timon of Athens A Game at Chess: General Textual Introduction A Game at Chesse: An Early Form A Game at Chess: A Later Form Occasional Poems The Witch The Triumphs of Health and Prosperity A Chaste Maid in Cheapside The Bloody Banquet Hengist, King of Kent; or, The Mayor of Queenborough Wit at Several Weapons The Nice Valour; or, The Passionate Madman The Widow The Changeling The Spanish Gypsy Lost Plays An/The Old Law More Dissemblers Besides Women Women, Beware Women No Wit/Help like a Woman’s Anything for a Quiet Life Lost Political Prose, 1620–7: A Brief Account INDEX TO NOTES ON MODERNIZATION A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z A SELECTIVE TOPICAL INDEX A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Пустая страница Пустая страница "Thomas Middleton and Early Modern Textual Culture is not only a companion to The Collected Works of Thomas Middleton, which every scholar of Renaissance literature will find indispensable. It is also essential reading for anyone interested in the history of the book in early modern Europe. The book is divided into three parts. The first part, on 'The Culture', situates Middleton within an historical and theoretical overview of early modern textual production, reproduction, circulation, and reception." "The rest of the volume supplies the documentation for claims made in the first part. Part II, 'The Author' includes detailed evidence for the canon and chronology of Middleton's works in all genres, greatly extending previous scholarship, and using the latest corpus-based attribution techniques. This section situates individual authorial agency in the space between larger institutional forces and the material specificity of particular textual embodiments. Part III, 'The Texts', contains a full editorial apparatus for each item in the Collected Works, an Introduction, which summarizes and extends previous scholarship, is followed by textual notes, recording substantive departures from the control-text, variants between early texts, press-variants, discussions of emendations, and (for plays) an exact transcription of all original stage directions. Cross-references make it easy to move between the two volumes. This authoritative account of the early texts includes some extraordinary complicated cases, which have never before been systematically collated."--Jacket A Comprehensive Companion To 'the Collected Works Of Thomas Middleton', Providing Detailed Introductions To And Full Editorial Apparatus For The Works Themselves As Well As A Wealth Of Information About Middleton's Historical And Literary Context. List Of Illustrations; How To Use This Book; Preface: Textual Proximities; Part I: The Culture; The Order Of Persons; Early Modern Authorship: Canons And Chronologies; Thomas Middleton: Oral Culture And The Manuscript Economy; 'from Wronger And Wronged Have I Fee': Thomas Middleton And Early Modern Legal Culture; Middleton, Music And Dance; Thomas Middleton, Uncut: Castration, Censorship, And The Regulation Of Dramatic Discourse In Early Modern England; Casting Compositors, Foul Cases, And Skeletons: Printing In Middleton's Age; Visual Texts: Middleton And Prints; 'twill Much Enrich The Company Of Stationers: Thomas Middleton And The London Book Trade, 1580-1627; Booksellers Without An Author, 1627-1685; For Many Of Your Companies: Middleton's Early Readers; Part Ii: The Author; Introduction: The Middleton Canon; Works Included In This Edition: Canon And Chronology; Works Excluded From This Edition; Part Iii: The Texts; Textual Introductions, Textual Apparatus, And Works Cited For 70 Items From The Collected Works; Index To Notes On Modernization; Select Topical Index. General Editors Gary Taylor And John Lavagnino. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Thomas Middleton is one of the few playwrights in English whose range and brilliance comes close to Shakespeare's. This title makes all Middleton's work accessible in a single volume