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Book SynopsisThe Arden Research Handbook of Shakespeare and Textual Studies is a wide-ranging, authoritative guide to research on Shakespeare and textual studies by an international team of leading scholars. It contains chapters on all the major areas of current research, notably the Shakespeare manuscripts; the printed text and paratext in Shakespeare's early playbooks and poetry books; Shakespeare's place in the early modern book trade; Shakespeare's early readers, users, and collectors; the constitution and evolution of the Shakespeare canon from the sixteenth to the twenty-first century; Shakespeare's editors from the eighteenth to the twenty-first century; and the modern editorial reproduction of Shakespeare. The Handbook also devotes separate chapters to new directions and developments in research in the field, specifically in the areas of digital editing and of authorship attribution methodologies. In addition, the Companion contains various sections that provide non-specialists with
Trade ReviewAn indispensable resource covering both established and emergent scholarship, this volume is also an immensely practical guide to the field. Commendably too, this handbook demonstrates that profound erudition, scholarly illumination, and pioneering research can be presented as an accessible pedagogical intervention. -- Dympna C. Callaghan, William L. Safire Professor in Modern Letters, Syracuse University, USA
If you have ever wondered exactly why colleagues become so excited about Shakespeare textual studies, Lukas Erne’s
Research Handbook will give you the answer. He has assembled an immensely impressive array of textual scholars and all of them write in a way that is both profoundly scholarly and consistently accessible. More than yet another collection of chapters, this really is a reference
guide, a how-to handbook that will make its readers as enthusiastic as its authors. -- Peter Holland, University of Notre Dame, USA
As Lukas Erne notes, this is a perfect moment to reflect on Shakespearean textual studies. He has assembled a genuinely international cast of the very best textual scholars for a collection that is both timely and exemplary. If you seek a precise and engaging snapshot of the current state of play in the field, you’re in the right place. -- Gordon McMullan, Professor of English and Director of the London Shakespeare Centre, King’s College London, UK
The collection … is an ideal reference work for university students as well as early and established scholars. … The Arden Research Handbook of Shakespeare and Textual Studies offers an important historical moment, in this case the current state of Shakespearean textual criticism. The collection will be of immeasurable benefit to readers. * Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen *
Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations List of Illustrations List of Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction
Lukas Erne (University of Geneva, Switzerland) Part 1: Research Methods and Problems 1.1 Shakespeare and ‘Textual Studies’: Evidence, Scale, Periodization and Access
Claire M. L. Bourne (Pennsylvania State University, USA) Part 2: Current Research and Issues 2.1 The Shakespeare Manuscripts
Cathy L. Shrank (University of Sheffield, UK)
and Paul Werstine (King’s University College, UK) 2.2 The Early Printed Texts of Shakespeare
John Jowett (University of Birmingham, UK) 2.3 Shakespeare’s Early Modern Books: Printing, Paratext and Text
Emma Smith (Hertford College Oxford, UK) 2.4 Shakespeare in the Early Modern Book Trade
Marta Straznicky (Queen’s University, Canada) 2.5 Shakespeare’s Early Readers and Users: Annotation, Commonplacing, Collecting
Laura Estill (St. Francis Xavier University, Canada) 2.6 The Shakespeare Canon from the Sixteenth to the Twenty-First Century
Peter Kirwan (University of Nottingham, UK) 2.7 Shakespeare’s Editors from the Eighteenth to the Twenty-First Century
Andrew Murphy (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) 2.8 The Modern Editing of Shakespeare: The Text
Margaret Jane Kidnie (University of Western Ontario, Canada) 2.9 The Modern Editing of Shakespeare: The Apparatus
Suzanne Gossett (Loyola University Chicago, USA) Part 3: New Directions 3.1 Shakespeare and Authorship Attribution Methodologies
Hugh Craig (University of Newcastle, Australia) 3.2 Shakespeare and Digital Editions
Sonia Massai (King’s College London, UK) Part 4: Material for Further Research 4.1 Chronology
Alan B. Farmer (Ohio State University, USA) 4.2 Resources
Emma Depledge (University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland) 4.3 A-Z of Key Terms and Concepts
Eric Rasmussen (University of Nevada, USA)
and Ian H. De Jong (Academy of Nevada, USA) 4.4 Annotated Bibliography
Jean-Christophe Mayer (Université Paul Valéry, Montpellier, France) Index
