Shakespeare Reshaped 1606-1623 (Oxford Shakespeare Studies) [Hardcover]

Gary Taylor (Author), John Jowett (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 019812256X | ISBN-13: 978-0198122562 | Publication Date: October 21, 1993

John Jowett and Gary Taylor explore the ways in which Shakespeare's texts were reshaped in his lifetime and up until the publication of the First Folio, and the kinds of outside interference to which they were subjected. Political censorship of individual plays has already been studied in some depth: Shakespeare Reshaped concentrates on the forms of interference--expurgation, Act division, interpolation--that can usefully be examined across the whole canon, and that resulted in "late reshaping." These influences were at work between May 1606 and November 1623, and affected the texts years after they were first written. Included is a major central study of Measure for Measure, which underwent posthumous interpolation: the book makes a strong claim for this being at the hands of Thomas Middleton.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"The authors' arguments are lucid, provocative, judicious, and exhaustively documented....A 'must' for scholarly collections of Shakespeare, especially for graduate students, researchers, and faculty."--Choice

"In many ways, this is Gary Taylor's best book...Shakespeare Reshaped is an important and fundamental work."--Journal of English and Germanic Philology

About the Author

Gary Taylor, Professor of English, Brandeis University, Massachusetts. John Jowett, Lecturer in English, University of Glasgow.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 352 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (October 21, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 019812256X
• ISBN-13: 978-0198122562
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,909,742 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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