Isbn: 9780198129653 - lewis theobald and the editing of shakespeare (3 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:0198129653.…

Hardcover. 8vo. Pp: xvi, 248. First edition. Colour illustrated dust jacket. Navy buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine. Ownership name in pencil to first free end paper.ISBN: 0198129653 Very good with very occasional annotations in pencil. Very good plus boards in very good dust jacket with lightly worn spine edges.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. A few spots of foxing to top page edges. A price sticker on rear panel of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; xvi, 248 pages. Dark blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 215 x 136mm. "Since his death in 1744, Theobald's reputation as a scholar and critic has been determined chiefly by Pope's Dunciad Variorum (1729) and Johnson's Preface to Shakespeare (1765). This study, while putting the hostile views of Pope and Johnson into their intellectual and social contexts, reassesses Theobald's aims and achievements from the perspective of twentieth-century textual scholarship: his concerns with Elizabethan philology, palaeography, and bibliography, which were usually ignored or ridiculed in his own time, are seen to be distinctly modern. At the same time, attention is paid to his critical understanding of Shakespeare. The result is a radical alteration of our view of him: instead of appearing a contemptible dunce, Theobald takes his place as the pioneer of techniques of modern literary scholarship whose critical acumen still illuminates our understanding of Shakespeare today.".…