William Shakespeare : a study of facts and problems
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William Shakespeare : a study of facts and problems
Oxford University Press, 1988
- v. 1
- v. 2
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Reprint. Originally published: Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1930
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
- Volume
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v. 1 ISBN 9780198117735
Description
Originally published in 1930, this two-volume work collates in compendium form a body of record, allusion, criticism, hypothesis and research concerned with the Shakespearean text and tradition. Volume 1 examines Shakespeare's origins and the Elizabethan stage in the context of his plays, and contains a comprehensive evaluation of bibliographical and historical material in relation to the canon of Shakespeare's plays and sonnets. Volume 2 includes biographical information gathered from historical records and tradition, which the author submits to analysis. Shakespearean scholar E.K.Chambers was also the author of "The Medieval Stage" and "The Elizabethan Stage".
Table of Contents
- Shakespeare's origin
- the stage in 1592
- Shakespeare and his company
- the book of the play
- the quartos and the first folio
- plays in the printing-house
- the problem of authenticity
- the problem of chronology
- plays of the first folio
- plays outside the first folio
- the poems and sonnets.
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v. 2 ISBN 9780198117742
Description
This is a straight reissue of the volume originally published in 1930 and out of print since 1976. Although a mass of scholarship has been published in the intervening years, this still enjoys classic status.
Table of Contents
- Notes on records
- Principal dates
- Pedigree of Shakespeare and Arden
- Appendix A: records
- Appendix B: contemporary allusions
- Appendix c: the Shakespeare-Mythos
- Appendix D: performances of plays
- Appendix E: the name Shakespeare
- Appendix F: Shakespearian fabrications
- Appendix G: table of Quartos
- Appendix H: metrical tables
- List of books
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