Title Publishing the history play in the time of Shakespeare : stationers shaping a genre / Amy Lidster, Jesus College, University of Oxford

Published Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge University Press, 2022

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Description 1 online resource Contents Introduction: 'To the great variety of readers' -- 'True' histories: Thomas Creede's looking glasses and the print identity of Queen Elizabeth's men -- Authorizing histories: Andrew Wise and Shakespeare's English history plays -- United histories: Nathaniel Butter and his newsworthy playbooks -- Collecting histories: the Jaggard-Pavier Collection (1619) and Shakespeare's first Folio (1623) -- Conclusion: 'A Historie of noble mention' -- Appendix: Plays in Collection, 1560-1659 Summary During the early modern period, the publication process decisively shaped the history play and its reception. Bringing together the methodologies of genre criticism and book history, this study argues that stationers have - through acts of selection and presentation - constructed some remarkably influential expectations and ideas surrounding genre. Amy Lidster boldly challenges the uncritical use of Shakespeare's Folio as a touchstone for the history play, exposing the harmful ways in which this has solidified its parameters as a genre exclusively interested in the lives of English kings. Reframing the Folio as a single example of participation in genre-making, this book illuminates the exciting and diverse range of historical pasts that were available to readers and audiences in the early modern period. Lidster invites us to reappraise the connection between plays on stage and in print, and to reposition playbooks within the historical culture and geopolitics of the book trade Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based upon online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed March 13, 2022) Subject Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation. SUBJECT Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast Subject Historical drama, English -- History and criticism English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism Publishers and publishing -- England -- History -- 16th century Publishers and publishing -- England -- History -- 17th century English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan Historical drama, English Publishers and publishing England Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781009043656 100904365X

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