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Hamlet : the first quarto, 1603
Title
Hamlet : the first quarto, 1603 / William Shakespeare ; edited by Ann Thompson and Neil Taylor.
ISBN
9781408188125.00000018
Publication
London : Bloomsbury, [2014]
Copyright Notice Date
©2014
Physical Description
1 online resource
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Previously issued in print: in Hamlet: the texts of 1603 and 1623. London: Arden Shakespeare, 2007.
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Due to the survival of three early, distinct versions of the text of Hamlet, the process of editing 'Hamlet' has required its editors to consider which of the texts - known as Quarto 1 (Q1), Quarto 2 (Q2), or Folio (F) - is truly 'authoritative'. For the Arden Third Series edition of Hamlet, editors Ann Thompson and Neil Taylor chose to reject the traditions of elevating one text above the others or creating a composite text from all three versions. Q1, printed in 1603, is often known as the 'bad' quarto due to its significant differences from both the Q2 and F texts.
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 04, 2022
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