Shakespeare and the Book Trade / by Lukas Erne, University of Geneva.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-289) and index.

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This study establishes the remarkable presence of Shakespeare's plays and poems in the early modern English book trade.

Cover; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Shakespeare and the Book Trade: argument and scope; Shakespeare and the Book Trade and Shakespeare as Literary Dramatist; Shakespeare in print, 1593-1660; Shakespeare and the book trade's 'Shakespeare'; Chapter 1 Quantifying Shakespeare's presence in print; Shakespeare in numbers; Shakespeare and contemporaries in print; The number of early playbook editions: Shakespeare compared; Reprint rates and the popularity of Shakespeare's playbooks; Conclusion.

Chapter 2 Shakespeare, publication and authorial misattributionPseudepigraphy: the meanings of authorial misattributions; Authorial misattributions of playbooks, 1634-1660: Shakespeare's contemporaries and successors; Authorial misattributions of playbooks, 1595-1622: taking Shakespeare's name in vain; 'The author I know much offended': Shakespeare, misattribution and The Passionate Pilgrim; Conclusion; Chapter 3 The bibliographic and paratextual makeup of Shakespeare's quarto playbooks; Paratext in Shakespeare playbooks and the rise of literary drama.

Paratext, playbooks and Shakespeare's invisible authorshipThe bibliographic makeup of Shakespeare's playbooks; Shakespeare's theatrical playbooks; Conclusion; Chapter 4 Shakespeare's publishers; Prologue: William Leake's reissue of q3 The Merchant of Venice in 1652; Shakespeare's publishers and the early modern book trade; The chief publishers of Shakespeare's poems; The chief publishers of Shakespeare's plays; Incidental Shakespeare publishers; Conclusion; Chapter 5 The reception of printed Shakespeare; The early status of playbooks and survival rates.

Early owners and collectors of Shakespeare's quarto playbooksShakespeare owned and bound; Early readers and commonplacers of Shakespeare in print; Conclusion; Appendix A The publication of playbooks by Shakespeare and his contemporaries to 1660 (prepared with the assistance of Louise Wilson); Appendix B Printed playbooks of professional plays, including reprints, 1583-1622; Appendix C Shakespeare's publishers, 1593-1622; Works cited; Index.

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