![]() Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616-Criticism and interpretation. ![]() Includes bibliographical references and index. Test test test test test test test test test test test test test. Aesthetics and modernity : essays / by Agnes Heller edited by John Rundell. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information Available Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Shakespeare the Man : New Decipherings / edited by R. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote passages in a review. Published by Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Copublished with Rowman & Littlefield 4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200, Lanham, Maryland 20706 10 Thornbury Road, Plymouth PL6 7PP, United Kingdom Copyright © 2014 by Rowman & Littlefield All rights reserved. DesaiįAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY PRESS Madison Shakespeare the Man New Decipherings Edited by R. With the exception of the editor’s own piece on Hamlet, Shakespeare the Man: New Decipherings presents previously unpublished essays, inviting the reader to embark upon an intellectual adventure into the fascinating terrain of Shakespeare's mind and art. The authors of these essays, employing the tenets of critical theory and practice as well as intuitive and informed insight, endeavor to look behind the masks, thus challenging the reader to adjudicate among the possible, the probable, the likely, and the unlikely. Instead of restricting the search for bits and pieces of evidence from his works that seem to match what he may have experienced, these essays focus on the contemporary milieu-political developments, social and theater history, and cultural and religious pressures-as well as the domestic conditions within Shakespeare's family that shaped his personality and are featured in his works. Only “Pericles” has gotten the official stamp of authenticity.While over the past four hundred years numerous opinions have been voiced as to Shakespeare's identity, these eleven essays widen the scope of the investigation by regarding Shakespeare, his world, and his works in their interaction with one another. If the First Folio was a financial risk, revisions to the Fourth Folio suggest it was a bigger risk not to try to make money off of Shakespeare, which is perhaps the main reason the editors of the Fourth advertise seven plays “never before printed in Folio,” most of which Shakespeare did not write. Shakespeare himself looms larger on the page while other figures diminish. The prefatory poems by Ben Jonson and others are much reduced in size. Hoffmann on the Fourth Folio: It’s interesting to compare the subtle differences between the First Folio from 1623 and the Fourth Folio from 1685. This is perhaps the rarest folio, as a result of the Great Fire of London in 1666, which consumed the entire city, including the area where booksellers and printers were located. Plein on the Third Folio: Interest in Shakespeare continues to rise with the Third Folio in 1664. Of note is the first appearance of a poem, An Epitaph on the Admirable Dramaticke, written by John Milton in 1630 while he was still a student at Cambridge. Plein on the Second Folio: The English language is in transition at this time (1632) and the Second Folio displays changes in spelling, punctuation and lettering that is readily apparent, especially when compared with the First Folio. Hoffman on the First Folio: Since he left behind no manuscripts or official publications of his own, we have others to thank for the preservation of his work: actors and audience members, patrons and poets, publishers and printers.Ī bulk of the massive book – as the title page promises – is made up of Shakespeare’s collected histories, tragedies and comedies 18 of these had never been published and might have been lost to history, including modern favorites “Macbeth,” “Twelfth Night” and “As You Like It.” We spoke with Stewart Plein, rare book librarian at WVU Libraries, and Christine Hoffmann, assistant professor of English, about the four folios.
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