Shakespeare and the book

By David Scott Kastan

Subjects: Canon (literature), Textual Criticism, Transmission of texts, Theater, Dramatic production, Canon (Literature), Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, criticism, textual, Publishing, Drama, History, Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, bibliography, Editing, Criticism, Textual, Bibliography

Description: This text is an examination of how Shakespeare's plays were transformed from scripts to be performed into books to be read, and from popular entertainments into the centrepieces of the English literary canon.