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Shakespeare, Milton, and eighteenth-century literary editing : the beginnings of interpretative scholarship

Marcus Walsh demonstrates that the work of pioneering editors of Milton and Shakespeare in the eighteenth century, was based on sophisticated and clearly articulated theories and methods. He relates these to contemporary interpretations of the Bible and key issues in modern editorial theory.
Print Book, English, 2004
Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, 2004
XII, 222 Seiten : Illustrationen ; 24 cm.
9780521602907, 0521602904
255089409
Introduction; 1. Some theoretical perspectives for the study of eighteenth-century editing; 2. Making sense of Scripture: biblical hermeneutics in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century England; 3. Making sense of Milton: the editing of Paradise Lost; 4. Making sense of Shakespeare: editing from Pope to Capell; 5. Conclusion; Select bibliography.
Literaturverz. S. 202 - 216