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Shakespeare and the bookShakespeare and the book

Shakespeare and the book2001

David Scott Kastan (editor)

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This text is an examination of how Shakespeare's plays were transformed from scripts to be performed into books to be read, and from popular entertainments into the centrepieces of the English literary canon.

Details

First published
2001
OL Work ID
OL1993423W

Subjects

BibliographyCanon (Literature)Criticism, TextualDramaEditingHistoryPublishingTextual CriticismTransmission of textsDramatic productionShakespeare, william, 1564-1616, criticism, textualShakespeare, william, 1564-1616, bibliographyCanon (literature)Theater

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