1st Edition

Unediting the Renaissance Shakespeare, Marlowe and Milton

By Leah Marcus Copyright 1996
280 Pages
by Routledge

280 Pages
by Routledge

280 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more
1 INTRODUCTION: The blue-eyed witch 2 TEXTUAL INSTABILITY AND IDEOLOGICAL DIFFERENCE: The case of Doctor Faustus 3 PURITY AND DANGER IN THE MODERN EDITION: The Merry Wives of Windsor 4 THE EDITOR AS TAMER: A Shrew and The Shrew 5 BAD TASTE AND BAD HAMLET 6 JOHN MILTON’S VOICE

Biography

Leah S.Marcus is Blumberg Centennial Professor in English at the University of Texas, Austin. Her previous books include Childhood and Cultural Despair, The Politics of Mirth and Puzzling Shakespeare.