Mayer, Jean-Christophe. Shakespeare's early readers : a cultural history from 1590 to 1800

Folger bibliographic ID: 355484
Folger call number: PR2967 .M39 2018
Folger holdings ID: 503557

"Shakespeare's Early Readers covers the period from the publication of the first Shakespearean playbooks to the gradual disappearance of the monopoly on the publication of Shakespeare's works, held by a handful of publishers, and the opening of the market to a wider readership in the course of the eighteenth century. In sum, the monograph addresses that crucial formative early modern 'moment' when Shakespeare's works began to permeate the public sphere both in London and elsewhere. His plays and poems were handed down, transformed, disseminated and appraised by his readers"--

General notes

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents

Literacy and the circulation of plays -- Life in the archives : shaping early modern selfhood -- Readers and editors : a concordia discors -- Early modern theatrical annotators and transcribers -- Commonplacing : the myth and the empirical impulse -- Passing judgement : parts 1 and 2

Extended title: Shakespeare's early readers : a cultural history from 1590 to 1800 / Jean-Christophe Mayer

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Authors and readers Book industries and trade Literature publishing Art appreciation Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) England

author: Mayer, Jean-Christophe
subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616