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Shakespeare in shorthand : the textual mystery of King Lear / Adele Davidson.
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Author
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Date published
2009
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Publisher
Newark, Del. : London : University of Delaware Press ; Eurospan [distributor], 2009.
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Subject
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Lear Criticism, Textual.
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Accession number
83440275
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Class
Reading Room - 50.17 commentary/DAV
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ISBN
9780874130478 (hbk.), 0874130476 (hbk.)
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Language
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Physical description
326 p. : ill. 24 cm.
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Bibliography, etc. note: Includes bibliographical references and index. Formatted contents note: Contents: 'On sitting down to copy King Lear once again' -- 'Unnecessary letters': King Lear in an age of stenographical reproduction -- Crulentious readings: defective writing in Q Lear -- 'Mark but the penning of it': cruxes in the 1608 quarto of Lear -- The textual interrelation of quarto and folio Lear. Uk-SuSCL. Summary, etc: Winner of the 2007 Jay L. Halio prize for best manuscript in Shakespeare Studies, 'Shakespeare in Shorthand' demonstrates that many textual anomalies derive from the play's transcription in Elizabethan shorthand. Target audience: Specialized.