"A Certain Text": Close Readings and Textual Studies on Shakespeare and Others in Honor of Thomas ClaytonThis collection takes its title from 'Romeo and Juliet' (4.1.21.) when, meeting Paris in Friar Lawrence's cell, Juliet muses, What must be shall be, and the Friar completes her line with, That's a certain text. Where text means a received truth both Friar Lawrence and Clayton are interested skeptics. This essays gathered here reflect this attitude, questioning received ideas about the activities to which Clayton has devoted his professional life- literary editing and the close reading of literary works. |
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... Buckingham's last words in the play , addressed to Richmond , not only predict the fall of Richard's soul , but ... Buckingham intended to give Richmond . 19 Hanmer conjectures " forsoke , " because the historical Buckingham was captured ...
... Buckingham's last words in the play , addressed to Richmond , not only predict the fall of Richard's soul , but ... Buckingham intended to give Richmond . 19 Hanmer conjectures " forsoke , " because the historical Buckingham was captured ...
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... Buckingham wished for in his promise to Edward's wife : " This do I beg of heaven , / When I am cold in love to you or yours " ( 2.1.39-40 ) . Like Richard's promises , Buckingham's was false , and now the weight of the falseness falls ...
... Buckingham wished for in his promise to Edward's wife : " This do I beg of heaven , / When I am cold in love to you or yours " ( 2.1.39-40 ) . Like Richard's promises , Buckingham's was false , and now the weight of the falseness falls ...
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... Buckingham's mood is one of rueful self - condemnation , while Richard's is agitated and , finally , defiant . Buckingham thinks not only of " that high All - Seer , " but also of " all that have miscarrièd / By underhand corrupted foul ...
... Buckingham's mood is one of rueful self - condemnation , while Richard's is agitated and , finally , defiant . Buckingham thinks not only of " that high All - Seer , " but also of " all that have miscarrièd / By underhand corrupted foul ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 7 |
Modernizing the Printed PlayText in Jacobean | 18 |
The Dram of Eale | 29 |
Copyright | |
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