Description
The Arden Research Handbook of Shakespeare and Textual Studies is a wide-ranging, authoritative guide to research on Shakespeare and textual studies by an international team of leading scholars. It contains chapters on all the major areas of current research, notably the Shakespeare manuscripts; the printed text and paratext in Shakespeare's early playbooks and poetry books; Shakespeare's place in the early modern book trade; Shakespeare's early readers, users, and collectors; the constitution and evolution of the Shakespeare canon from the sixteenth to the twenty-first century; Shakespeare's editors from the eighteenth to the twenty-first century; and the modern editorial reproduction of Shakespeare.
The Handbook also devotes separate chapters to new directions and developments in research in the field, specifically in the areas of digital editing and of authorship attribution methodologies. In addition, the Companion contains various sections that provide non-specialists with practical help: an A-Z of key terms and concepts, a guide to research methods and problems, a chronology of major publications and events, an introduction to resources for study of the field, and a substantial annotated bibliography.
The Arden Research Handbook of Shakespeare and Textual Studies is a reference work aimed at advanced undergraduate and graduate students as well as scholars and libraries, a guide to beginning or developing research in the field, an essential companion for all those interested in Shakespeare and textual studies.
Table of Contents
List of Abbreviations
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Lukas Erne (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
Part 1: Research Methods and Problems
1.1 Shakespeare and 'Textual Studies': Evidence, Scale, Periodization and Access
Claire M. L. Bourne (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
Part 2: Current Research and Issues
2.1 The Shakespeare Manuscripts
Cathy L. Shrank (University of Sheffield, UK) and Paul Werstine (King's University College, UK)
2.2 The Early Printed Texts of Shakespeare
John Jowett (University of Birmingham, UK)
2.3 Shakespeare's Early Modern Books: Printing, Paratext and Text
Emma Smith (Hertford College Oxford, UK)
2.4 Shakespeare in the Early Modern Book Trade
Marta Straznicky (Queen's University, Canada)
2.5 Shakespeare's Early Readers and Users: Annotation, Commonplacing, Collecting
Laura Estill (St. Francis Xavier University, Canada)
2.6 The Shakespeare Canon from the Sixteenth to the Twenty-First Century
Peter Kirwan (University of Nottingham, UK)
2.7 Shakespeare's Editors from the Eighteenth to the Twenty-First Century
Andrew Murphy (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)
2.8 The Modern Editing of Shakespeare: The Text
Margaret Jane Kidnie (University of Western Ontario, Canada)
2.9 The Modern Editing of Shakespeare: The Apparatus
Suzanne Gossett (Loyola University Chicago, USA)
Part 3: New Directions
3.1 Shakespeare and Authorship Attribution Methodologies
Hugh Craig (University of Newcastle, Australia)
3.2 Shakespeare and Digital Editions
Sonia Massai (King's College London, UK)
Part 4: Material for Further Research
4.1 Chronology
Alan B. Farmer (Ohio State University, USA)
4.2 Resources
Emma Depledge (University of Neuchatel, Switzerland)
4.3 A-Z of Key Terms and Concepts
Eric Rasmussen (University of Nevada, USA) and Ian H. De Jong (Academy of Nevada, USA)
4.4 Annotated Bibliography
Jean-Christophe Mayer (Universite Paul Valery, Montpellier, France)
Index
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