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Zustand: Good. Paperback, a few b/w illustrations, 8vo.

Paperback. Zustand: Gut. XIX, 373 p. Lediglich der Einband ist leicht berieben, sonst ein sehr gutes und sauberes Exemplar / Only the cover is slightly rubbed, otherwise a very good and clean copy. - Contents PREFACE TO THE READER Introduction Shakespeare in Our Time The Uses of a Companion The Illustrations and Documents Three Troublesome Topics: Terminology, Modernization, and Money A Final Word CHAPTER I Shakespeare, "Shakespeare, "and the Problem of Authorship Early Life London: The First Decade London: Maturity Retirement The Anti-Stratfordians What Is an Author? ILLUSTRATIONS AND DOCUMENTS The House Known as Shakespeare's Birthplace Record of Shakespeare's Baptism Map of Stratford-upon-Avon (Eighteenth Century) Francis Meres, From Palladis Tamia: Wits Treasury The Royal License for Shakespeare's Company Detail from the "Agas" Map of London (With Shakespeare's Lodging Indicated) John Ward, Vicar of Stratford, From His Diary Shakespeare's Will George Frisbee, From Edward de Vere, A Great Elizabethan (The Oxfordian Challenge) CHAPTER 2 Performances, Playhouses, and Players Going to a Play, Circa 1595 The Playhouses The Companies The Theater and the Authorities ILLUSTRATIONS AND DOCUMENTS Map Showing the Playhouses in Shakespeare's Time Henry Peacham, Sketch of Titus Andronicus Inventory of Theatrical Costumes (From Henslowe's Papers) Remains of the Rose Playhouse Two Plans of the Rose Playhouse C. Walter Hodges, Illustration of the Second Globe Copy of De Witt's Sketch of the Swan Playhouse Wenceslas Hollar, Detail from Long View of London Philip Henslowe, Log of Plays from His Diary Testimony about a Performance of Richard II Record of King James's Payment to the King's Men Edward Alleyn, Letter to His Wife Chapter 3 "What Is Your Text?" What Is a Shakespearean Text? From Pen to Press: The Printing of Renaissance Plays Illustration of the Folding and Printing Process Shakespeare's Plays in Print Some Examples ofTextual Instability Shakespeare's Texts and the General Reader ILLUSTRATIONS and documents Facsimile of a Part of the Play Script of Sir Thomas More Title Page of Titus Andronicus (First Quarto) Title Page and Catalogue of the First Folio Illustration of a Seventeenth-Century Printing Press Facsimile of the Last Page of King Lear (First Quarto) Facsimile of "To be or not to be" from Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (First Quarto) Facsimile of "To be or not to be" from Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (1623 Folio) A Comparison of the Work of Compositors A and B on the 1623 Folio CHAPTER 4 "I Loved My Books": Shakespeares Reading Shakespeare and the Classics Major Influences Indirect Sources Shakespeare's Favorites ILLUSTRATIONS and documents Edward Hall, From The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancaster and York Prom A Mirror for Magistrates Giovanni Battista Giraldi Cinthio, From Gli Hecatommithi (The Principal Source for Othello) Prom the Geneva Bible Prom The Book of Common Prayer (The Order for the Burial of the Dead) John Foxe, From Acts and Monuments A Moralized Ballad Sir William Strachey, From A True Reportory of the Wreck and Redemption of Sir Thomas Gates (A Source for The Tempest) Christopher Marlowe, From Tamburlaine the Great Sir Philip Sidney, Two Sonnets from Astrophil and Stella Raphael Holinshed, From The Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland Plutarch, From Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans (Translated by Sir Thomas North) Ovid, From Metamorphoses (Translated by Arthur Golding) Ovid, From Metamorphoses (Translated by Rolfe Humphries) CHAPTER 5 Theater a la Mode: Shakespeare and the Kinds of Drama Comedy Tragedy History Romance Mixed Modes ILLUSTRATIONS AND DOCUMENTS Sir Philip Sidney, From The Defense of Poesy Aristotle, From Poetics Title Page of Richard III (First Quarto) William Lambarde, From His Notes of a Conversation with Queen Elizabeth I about Richard II John Fletcher, From His Preface to The Faithful Shepherdess Thomas Rymer, From A Short View of Tragedy CHAPTER 6 "To What End Are All These Words?": Shakespeares Dramatic Language Early Modern English Rhetoric Wordplay The Forms of Dramatic Language Language as Theme LLUSTRATIONS and documents Thomas Wilson, From The Art of Rhetoric Richard Reynolds, From The Foundation of Rhetoric Roger Ascham, From The Schoolmaster John Hoskyns, From Directions for Speech and Style George Puttenham, From The Art of English Poesy Baldassare Castiglione, From The Book of the Courtier Chart of the Relative Proportions of Poetry and Prose in Shakespeare's Plays CHAPTER 7 Town and Country: Life in Shakespeare's England London The Suburbs The Countryside Rural Life The Daily Routine Clothing Getting and Spending ILLUSTRATIONS AND DOCUMENTS William Harrison, From The Description of England (The Conditions of English Inns and Overnight Travel) John Stow, From Survey of London (The Location of Tradesmen in London) William Harrison, From The Description of England (Restrictions against Eating Meat) Thomas Platter, From Travels in England (The Thames River) Lupoid von Wedel, From Journey through England and Scotland (A Visit to the Bearbaiting Arena) John Stow, Prom Survey of London (Ordinances Concerning Brothels) Thomas Nashe, From Christ's Tears over Jerusalem (The Brothels of Suburban London) Gervase Markham, From The English Husbandman Rural Domestic Architecture and Interior Design) Fynes Moryson, From An Itinerary (The Enclosure of Farmlands) Sir Anthony Fitzherbert, From The Book of Husbandry (What Works a Wife Should Do) William Harrison, From The Description of England (Dining Customs) William Harrison, From The Description of England (Fashion) CHAPTER 8 Men and Women: Gender, Family, Society The Situation of Women Patriarchy Primogeniture Marriage and Money Family Life The Social Structure Conclusion: The Body Politic ILLUSTRATIONS AND DOCUMENTS Aristotle, From Historia Animalium Sir Robert Filmer, From Patriarcha, or The Natural Power of Kings An Homily of the State of Matrimony William Gouge, From Of Domestical Duties: Eight.