Playbooks and their Readers in Early Modern England

Author:   Hannah August
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9781032059013


Pages:   270
Publication Date:   25 April 2022
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Hannah August
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781032059013


ISBN 10:   103205901
Pages:   270
Publication Date:   25 April 2022
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1 Who read plays? 2 Why read plays? 3 How were plays read? Part One: Extractive reading 4 How were plays read? Part Two: Using, marking, annotating Conclusion Appendix: Professional play quartos with Horatian title page mottoes, 1598-1659

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August's book looks afresh at evidence of playbook reception from prefaces to prices to marginalia, finding compelling new things to say about book history, theatre, gender, and reading. Brilliantly written and expertly researched, this is authoritative and transformative. Emma Smith, Hertford College, University of Oxford Based on an immense and impressive body of archival evidence, and juxtaposing printed dramatic paratexts and manuscript sources, Playbooks and their readers in early modern England offers a complex, nuanced, and illuminating picture of early modern dramatic reading practices. It is essential reading for scholars of early modern drama, readership studies, and book history. Heidi Craig, Texas A&M University This is a careful and sophisticated investigation of an important topic [...]. [August] has command of a vast array of material and shows that playbooks had a wider potential appeal and were marketed to wider audiences than we might have thought. Laurie Maguire, Magdalen College, University of Oxford


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Hannah August is Senior Lecturer in English at Massey University in New Zealand.

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