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Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 252 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=14mm, Gew.=372gr, Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: Purchase of … Mehr…

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 252 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=14mm, Gew.=372gr, Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: PROPOSALS TOR PRINTING THE DRAMATICK WORKS or WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, Printed in the Year 1756, WHEN the works of Shakefpeare are, after fa many editions, again offered to the Publick, it will doubtlefs be inquired, why Shakefpeare flands in more need of critical affiftance than any other of the Englijh writers, and what are the deficiencies of the late attempts, which another editor may hope to fupply? The bufinefs of him that republimes an ancient book is, to correct what is corrupt, and to explain what is obfcure. To have a text corrupt in many places, and in many doubtful, is, among the authors that have written fince the ufe of types, al- moft peculiar to Shakefpeare. Moft writers, by pub- ' lifhing their own works, prevent all various readings, and preclude all conjectural criticifm. Books indeed are fometimes publimed after the death of him who produced them; but they are better fe- cured from corruption than thefe unfortunate com- pontions. pofitions. They fubfift in a fingle copy, written or revifed by the author; and the faults of the printed volume can be only faults of one defcent. But of the works of Shakefpeare the condition has been far different: he fold them, not to be printed, but to be played. They were immediately copied for the actors, and multiplied by tranfcript after tranfcript, vitiated by the blunders of the penman, or changed by the affectation of the player; perhaps enlarged to introduce a jeft, or mutilated to morten the reprefentation; and printed at laft without the concurrence of the author, without the confent of the proprietor, from compilations made by chance or by ftealth out of the feparate parts written for the theatre; and thus thruft into the world furrep- titioufly and haftily, they fuffered another depravation from ...<

ISBN: 0217403581

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ISBN: 0217403581

ISBN: 0217403581