Editors Construct the Renaissance Canon, 1825-1915

by Paul Salzman

Book Overview

This book argues that nineteenth-century editors created the modern idea of English Renaissance literature. The book analyses the theories and practices of editors who worked on Shakespeare, but also on complete editions of a remarkable range of early modern writers, from the early nineteenth century through to the early twentieth century. It reassesses the point at which purportedly more scientific theories of editing began the process of obscuring...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 331977901X
• ISBN13: 9783319779010
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 167 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"