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Shakespeare's 'lady editors'
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- Book Synopsis
- The basic history of the Shakespearean editorial tradition is familiar and well-established. For nearly three centuries, men - most of them white and financially privileged - ensconced themselves in private and hard-to-access libraries, hammering out 'their' versions of Shakespeare's text. They produced enormous, learnèd tomes: monuments to their author's greatness and their own reputations. What if this is not the whole story? A bold, revisionist and alternative version of Shakespearean editorial history, this book recovers the lives and labours of almost seventy women editors. It challenges the received wisdom that, when it came to Shakespeare, the editorial profession was entirely male-dominated until the late twentieth century. In doing so, it demonstrates that taking these women's work seriously can transform our understanding of the history of editing, of the nature of editing as an enterprise, and of how we read Shakespeare in history.
- About The Author
- Molly G. Yarn completed her PhD at the University of Cambridge in 2019. She is a co-editor of the Royal Shakespeare Company's revised edition of Shakespeare's Complete Works, as well as an active theatre practitioner.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781009001120
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press, (10 July 2024)
- Number of Pages
- 351
- Weight
- 509 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 229 x 152 x 19 mm
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