Lesser, Zachary.

Hamlet after Q1 : An Uncanny History of the Shakespearean Text. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (305 pages) - Material Texts . - Material Texts .

Cover -- Hamlet After Q1 -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction. The Urn-Hamlet -- Chapter 1. As Originally Written by Shakespeare: Textual Bibliography and Textual Biography -- Chapter 2. Contrary Matters: The Power of the Gloss and the History of an Obscenity -- Chapter 3. Enter the Ghost in His Night Gowne: Behind Gertrude's Bed -- Chapter 4. Conscience Makes Cowards: The Disintegration and Reintegration of Shakespeare -- Conclusion. Q1 in the Library at Babel -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments.

In 1823 Sir Henry Bunbury discovered an early edition of Hamlet that radically differs from the known and celebrated version of the play. Zachary Lesser examines how this improbable discovery forced readers to reexamine accepted truths about Shakespeare as an author and the nature of Shakespeare's texts.

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Shakespeare, William,-1564-1616.-Hamlet-Criticism, Textual.
Shakespeare, William,-1564-1616-Bibliography-Quartos.
Transmission of texts-England-History-17th century.


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