Shakespeare's stationers : studies in cultural bibliography /

Edited by Marta Straznicky, this seminal collection is the first to explore the multiple and intersecting forms of agency exercised by Shakespeare's stationers in the design, production, marketing, and distribution of his printed works.

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Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Group Author: Straznicky, Marta
Published: University of Pennsylvania Press,
Publisher Address: Philadelphia, Pa. :
Publication Dates: [2013]
©2013
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Material texts
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.9783/9780812207385
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Summary: Edited by Marta Straznicky, this seminal collection is the first to explore the multiple and intersecting forms of agency exercised by Shakespeare's stationers in the design, production, marketing, and distribution of his printed works.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (384 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography: 9 illus.
ISBN: 9780812207385
Index Number: Z8811
CLC: I561.073-7
Contents: Frontmatter --
Contents --
introduction. What Is a Stationer? /
Chapter 1. The Stationers Shakespeare /
Chapter 2. Thomas Creede, William Barley, and the Venture of Printing Plays /
Chapter 3. Wise Ventures: Shakespeare and Thomas Playfere at the Sign of the Angel /
Chapter 4. "Vnder the Handes of...": Zachariah Pasfield and the Licensing of Playbooks /
Chapter 5. Nicholas Ling s Republican Hamlet (1603) /
Chapter 6. Shakespeare the Stationer /
Chapter 7. Edward Blount, the Herberts, and the First Folio /
Chapter 9. Shakespeare s Flop: John Waterson and The Two Noble Kinsmen /
Appendix A. Shakespearean Publications, 1591 1640 --
Appendix B. Selected Stationer Profiles --
Notes --
Contributors --
Index.