The first two quartos of Hamlet: a new view of the origins and relationship of the texts

"The present study reports on a detailed linguistic reassessment of scholars' principal arguments for memorial reconstruction. The evidence includes a three way comparison between the underlying French source in Les Histoires Tragiques and the two quartos, the informal features, specific g...

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1. Verfasser: Jolly, Margrethe (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Jefferson, NC McFarland 2014
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Zusammenfassung:"The present study reports on a detailed linguistic reassessment of scholars' principal arguments for memorial reconstruction. The evidence includes a three way comparison between the underlying French source in Les Histoires Tragiques and the two quartos, the informal features, specific grammatical aspects, and a precise analysis of an actual, documented memorial reconstruction in 1779"--
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Which came first, Q1 or Q2 Hamlet? -- Dating and measuring: initial evidence -- Les histoires tragiques and the quartos -- Les histoires tragiques, the quartos and evolving ideas -- Hamlet's return, nashe and some binge drinking -- Just like Ben Jonson -- How certain is memorial reconstruction? -- Printing, and contemporary complaints about piracy -- Memorial reconstruction in England -- The Spanish tragedy, and Duthrie's "objectionable pronouns" -- Corpses, stage introductions and other anomalies -- Memorial reconstruction; or abridgement? -- Was there an "Ur-Hamlet"? -- "Hamlets" and the Elizabethan Æsop -- Meres and a contradiction of scholars
Beschreibung:IX, 246 S. 23 cm
ISBN:9780786478873

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