About this title: Many readers and students do not recognise the extent to which modern standard editions of Shakespeare, Milton, Marlowe and other Renaissance authors have been filtered through eighteenth-century and Victorian sensibilities. In Unediting the Renaissance Leah Marcus reveals the vast array of possibilities opened up by 'unediting' these texts. With carefully researched scholarship and lively, elegantly argued rhetoric, Marcus shows how much of the texts of early modern authors have altered and rigidified over time. She also demonstrates how modern interpretations and performances of their ...
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Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Routledge, New York
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780415100533ISBN:0415100534
Description: Very Good. No Jacket as Issued. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. AR5-Book has previous owner's name written on the opposite side of the front, lightly bumped on some corners, light discoloration and shelf wear otherwise very good. read more
Description: As New; Rutledge, 1996.; 1996; Softcover. 0415100534. "Many readers and students do not recognise the extent to which modern standard editions of Shakespeare, Milton, Marlowe and other Renaissance authors have been filtered through eighteenth-century and Victorian sensibilities. In [this volume the author] reveals the vast array of possibilities opened up by 'unediting' these texts. "; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 268 pp. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis(Routledge)
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780415100533ISBN:0415100534
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 9.213 by 6.142 inches. Unediting the renaissance is a path-breaking and timely look at the issues of the textual editing of renaissance works. both erudite and accessible, it will be a fascinating and provocative read for any renaissance student or scholar. leah marcus argues that `bad' versions of renaissance texts such as shakespeare's first folio should not be viewed as mutilated copies of originals, but rather reputable alternatives encoding differences in ideology, ... read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis(Routledge)
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780415099349ISBN:041509934X
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 9.213 by 6.142 inches. This book is printed on demand. (allow 1-2 weeks for printing) dedication, list of illustrations, list of abbreviations used in text, preface, chapter 1. introduction: the blue-eyed witch, chapter 2. textual instability and ideological difference: the case of doctor faustus, chapter 3. purity and danger in the modern edition: the merry wives of windsor, chapter 4. the editor as tamer: a shrew and the shrew, chapter 5. bad taste and bad hamlet, chapter ... read more
Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Routledge
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780415100533ISBN:0415100534
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Routledge
Date Published: 1996-12-10
ISBN-13:9780415100533ISBN:0415100534
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Description: Paperback, F. xii+268pp, 16 b/w illustrations, index, a nice fine copy. New. The author shows how the texts in use today of classic Renaissance Literature-using the examples of Marlowe, Milton & Shakespeare-have often been taken from Victorian editions which were edited for reasons of prudery. The book then goes on to explore what is meant by a 'definitive' text. read more
Description: Paperback, F. xii+268pp, 16 b/w illustrations, index, a nice fine copy. New. The author shows how the texts in use today of classic Renaissance Literature-using the examples of Marlowe, Milton and Shakespeare-have often been taken from Victorian editions which were edited for reasons of prudery. The book then goes on to explore what is meant by a 'definitive' text. read more
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