Shakespeare, William
[VerfasserIn]
;
Taylor, Gary
[HerausgeberIn];
Jowett, John
[HerausgeberIn];
Bourus, Terri
[HerausgeberIn];
Egan, Gabriel
[HerausgeberIn]
The complete works
: critical reference edition, volume 1
- [First edition]
Beschreibung:
The Critical Reference Edition collects the same versions of the same works found in the Modern Critical Edition, keyed to the same line-numbering. But the Critical Reference Edition emphasizes book history and the documentary origins of each text. It preserves the spelling, punctuation, capitalization, abbreviations, typographical contrasts, ambiguities, and inconsistencies of the early documents. Introductions focus on early modern manuscript and print culture, setting each text within the material circumstances of its production, transmission, and early reception. The works are arranged in the chronological order of the surviving texts: the first volume covers documents manufactured in Shakespeare's lifetime, and the second covers documents made between 1622 and 1728.