{"product_id":"shakespeares-stationers-9780812244540","title":"Shakespeares Stationers","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecent studies in early modern cultural bibliography have put forth a radically new Shakespeare—a man of keen literary ambition who wrote for page as well as stage. His work thus comes to be viewed as textual property and a material object not only seen theatrically but also bought, read, collected, annotated, copied, and otherwise passed through human hands. This Shakespeare was invented in large part by the stationers—publishers, printers, and booksellers—who produced and distributed his texts in the form of books. Yet Shakespeare''s stationers have not received sustained critical attention.\u003cbr\u003eEdited by Marta Straznicky, \u003ci\u003eShakespeare''s Stationers: Studies in Cultural Bibliography\u003c\/i\u003e shifts Shakespearean textual scholarship toward a new focus on the earliest publishers and booksellers of Shakespeare''s texts. This seminal collection is the first to explore the multiple and intersecting forms of agency exercised by Shakespeare''s stationers in the design, pr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Offering a wealth of new evidence that stationers' decisions to print and publish Shakespeare were symptomatic of larger social, political, financial, and religious trends in the market and the world beyond the bookstall, \u003ci\u003eShakespeare's Stationers \u003c\/i\u003efurther solidifies the role of such agents in the development of Shakespeare as a playwright in print.\" * \u003ci\u003eSixteenth Century Journal\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"This book presents nine subtle and significant essays written by a notable group of book historians. The contributors examine the ways in which pre-1640 stationers defined and refashioned Shakespeare within the field of print. . . . the contributors are deeply immersed in the delectations of the archive, and their researches bear rich fruit.\" * \u003ci\u003eRenaissance Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"This is an original and substantial collection. The book is entirely timely.\" * Tiffany Stern, Oxford University *\u003cbr\u003e\"The goal of this collection is nothing short of a fundamental shift in Shakespearean textual criticism, and it achieves this goal with aplomb. The essays are original, substantial, and make a genuine contribution to the field.\" * Eric Rasmussen, University of Nevada *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: What Is a Stationer?\u003cbr\u003e —Marta Straznicky\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. The Stationers' Shakespeare\u003cbr\u003e —Alexandra Halasz\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Thomas Creede, William Barley, and the Venture of Printing Plays\u003cbr\u003e —Holger Schott Syme\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Wise Ventures: Shakespeare and Thomas Playfere at the Sign of the Angel\u003cbr\u003e —Adam G. Hooks\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. \"Vnder the Handes of . . .\": Zachariah Pasfield and the Licensing of Playbooks\u003cbr\u003e —William Proctor Williams\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Nicholas Ling's Republican \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e (1603)\u003cbr\u003e —Kirk Melnikoff\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. Shakespeare the Stationer\u003cbr\u003e —Douglas Bruster\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. Edward Blount, the Herberts, and the First Folio\u003cbr\u003e —Sonia Massai\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8. John Norton and the Politics of Shakespeare's History Plays in Caroline England\u003cbr\u003e —Alan B. Farmer\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9. Shakespeare's Flop: John Waterson and \u003ci\u003eThe Two Noble Kinsmen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e —Zachary Lesser\u003cbr\u003e Appendix A: Shakespearean Publications, 1591-1640\u003cbr\u003e Appendix B: Selected Stationer Profiles\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e List of Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405720854871,"sku":"9780812244540","price":67.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/shakespeares-stationers-9780812244540","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}