Revising Shakespeare
Download or Read eBook Revising Shakespeare PDF written by Grace Ioppolo and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Grace Ioppolo |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 270 |
| Release | : 1991 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0674766962 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780674766969 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Revising Shakespeare by : Grace Ioppolo
Book excerpt: In Revising Shakespeare Grace Ioppolo addresses the question of Shakespeare's integrity. Through analysis of variant texts spanning the history of the plays, she arrives at an interpretation of Shakespeare as author and reviser. Ioppolo stars with the physical text. As textual studies of King Lear have shown, the text of Shakespeare is not as given. The text is nearly always a revision of another text. Critics can no longer evaluate plots, structure, and themes, nor can scholars debate what constitutes (or how to establish) a copy-text that stands as the most authoritative version of a Shakespeare play, without reconsidering the implications of revision for traditional and modern interpretations.
