Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-325) and index.
Contents:
Sidenote: a primer on early student editions of Shakespeare -- 'We happy few': women and the new bibliography. 'We have lost our labour': recovering women editors of Shakespeare -- 'It is my lady's hand': female collaborators and ambiguous literary labour -- gSidenote: on women editing not-Shakespeare (or not editing) -- 'Give ear, sir, to my sister': women editors and Scholarly networks in America -- Sidenote: a primer on early student editions of Shakespeare -- 'This story the world may read in me': biography and bibliography -- 'We happy few': women and the new bibliography.
Summary:
"The basic history of the Shakespearean editorial tradition is familiar and well-established. For nearly three centuries, men - most of them white and financially privileged - ensconced themselves in private and hard-to-access libraries, hammering out 'their' versions of Shakespeare's text. They produced enormous, learnè€d tomes: monuments to their author's greatness and their own reputations"-- Provided by publisher.
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