Hamlet after Q1 : an uncanny history of the Shakespearean text / Zachary Lesser.
| Author/creator |
Lesser, Zachary author. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2015] |
| Copyright Notice | ©2015 |
| Description | 292 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subject(s) |
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| Series | Material texts Material texts. ^A486421 |
| Contents | Ch. 1 As Originally Written by Shakespeare: Textual Bibliography and Textual Biography -- Ch. 2 Contrary Matters: The Power of the Gloss and the History of an Obscenity -- Ch. 3 Enter the Ghost in His Night Gowne: Behind Gertrude's Bed -- Ch. 4. Conscience Makes Cowards: The Disintegration and Reintegration of Shakespeare -- Conclusion. QI in the Library at Babel -- |
| Abstract | In 1823, Sir Henry Bunbury discovered a badly bound volume of twelve Shakespeare plays in a closet of his manor house. Nearly all of the plays were first editions, but one stood out as especially noteworthy: a previously unknown text of Hamlet that predated all other versions ... ZQ1, as the text is known, has been declared a rough draft, a memorial reconstruction, and a pre-Shakespearean "ur-Hamlet," among other things ... Zachary Lesser examines how the improbable discovery of Q1 has forced readers to reconsider accepted truths about Shakespeare as an author and about the nature of Shakespeare's texts"--Jacket. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-278) and index. |
| LCCN | 2014025092 |
| ISBN | 9780812246612 |
| ISBN | 0812246616 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | PR2807 .L385 2015 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |