{"product_id":"shakespeare-and-textual-theory-hardcover","title":"Shakespeare and Textual Theory - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSuzanne Gossett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEvelyn Gajowski\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is no Shakespeare without text. Yet readers often do not realize that the words in the book they hold, like the dialogue they hear from the stage, has been revised, augmented and emended since Shakespeare's lifetime. An essential resource for the history of Shakespeare on the page, \u003ci\u003eShakespeare and Textual Theory\u003c\/i\u003e traces the explanatory underpinnings of these changes through the centuries. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter providing an introduction to early modern printing practices, Suzanne Gossett describes the original quartos and folios as well as the first collected editions. Subsequent sections summarize the work of the 'New Bibliographers' and the radical challenge to their technical analysis posed by poststructuralist theory, which undermined the presumed stability of author and text. \u003ci\u003eShakespeare and Textual Theory\u003c\/i\u003e presents a balanced view of the current theoretical debates, which include the nature of the surviving texts we call Shakespeare's; the relationship of the author 'Shakespeare' and of authorial intentions to any of these texts; the extent and nature of Shakespeare's collaboration with others; and the best or most desirable way to present the texts - in editions or performances. The book is illustrated throughout with examples showing how theoretical decisions affect the text of Shakespeare's plays, and case studies of \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePericles\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrate how different theories complicate both text and meaning, whether a play survives in one version or several. The conclusion summarizes the many ways in which beliefs about Shakespeare's texts have changed over the centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSuzanne Gossett\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emerita of English at Loyola University Chicago, USA. Her publications include essays on theatrical collaboration, Shakespeare's late plays, and textual editing. She is a General Textual Editor of the Norton Shakespeare, 3rd edition, and a General Editor of Arden Early Modern Drama. She has edited many plays by Shakespeare and his contemporaries, including \u003ci\u003ePericles\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAll's Well That Ends Well\u003c\/i\u003e for the Arden Shakespeare, Middleton's \u003ci\u003eA Fair Quarrel\u003c\/i\u003e for the \u003ci\u003eCollected Middleton\u003c\/i\u003e, and Beaumont and Fletcher's \u003ci\u003ePhilaster\u003c\/i\u003e for Arden Early Modern Drama. She is a past president of the Shakespeare Association of America and, together with Dympna Callaghan, she edited \u003ci\u003eShakespeare in Our Time\u003c\/i\u003e in honor of the 2016 anniversary year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 10, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47219683590393,"sku":"9781350121249","price":180.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/ZEMxMUQwTlk4eFEyeE43S0xuN0Nudz09.webp?v=1768170062","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/shakespeare-and-textual-theory-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}