Shakespeare and Manuscript Drama: Canon, Collaboration and Text

Author:   James Purkis (University of Western Ontario)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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Pages:   324
Publication Date:   27 September 2018
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Author:   James Purkis (University of Western Ontario)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.500kg
ISBN:  

9781107552104


ISBN 10:   1107552109
Pages:   324
Publication Date:   27 September 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction; Part I. Text, Collaboration, Evidence: 1. The theatrical text and the new bibliography: John a Kent and John a Cumber; 2. 'Foul papers', 'prompt books', and textual sufficiency: The Captives; 3. Attribution, collaboration, and The Second Maiden's Tragedy; Part II. Shakespearean Coincidences: 4. Curious coincidences: the collaborations of Sir Thomas More; 5. Singularly Shakespearean: attributing the Hand-D addition of More; 6. Canon, apocrypha, and Sir Thomas More; Works cited; Index.

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'This is a temperate, scrupulous and exhaustive study, which deserves a longer review. ... his meticulously detailed analyses, which represent a significant advance in our understanding of dramatic manuscripts generally, and Shakespeare's professional activities in particular.' Paul Dean, English Studies


'This is a temperate, scrupulous and exhaustive study, which deserves a longer review. ... his meticulously detailed analyses, which represent a significant advance in our understanding of dramatic manuscripts generally, and Shakespeare's professional activities in particular.' Paul Dean, English Studies 'This is a temperate, scrupulous and exhaustive study, which deserves a longer review. ... his meticulously detailed analyses, which represent a significant advance in our understanding of dramatic manuscripts generally, and Shakespeare's professional activities in particular.' Paul Dean, English Studies


'This is a temperate, scrupulous and exhaustive study, which deserves a longer review. ... [Purkis's] meticulously detailed analyses, which represent a significant advance in our understanding of dramatic manuscripts generally, and Shakespeare's professional activities in particular.' Paul Dean, English Studies


'This is a temperate, scrupulous and exhaustive study, which deserves a longer review. ... [Purkis's] meticulously detailed analyses, which represent a significant advance in our understanding of dramatic manuscripts generally, and Shakespeare's professional activities in particular.' Paul Dean, English Studies 'This is a temperate, scrupulous and exhaustive study, which deserves a longer review. ... [Purkis's] meticulously detailed analyses, which represent a significant advance in our understanding of dramatic manuscripts generally, and Shakespeare's professional activities in particular.' Paul Dean, English Studies


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James Purkis is Associate Professor in the Department of English and Writing Studies at the University of Western Ontario. He has published articles in journals, including Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England and Shakespeare Survey, and in edited collections, including Shakespeare and Textual Studies (Cambridge, 2015) and Editing, Performance, Texts: New Practices in Medieval and Early Modern English Drama (2014).

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