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Mediating Shakespeare : thirteen ways of looking at editorial agency

ContributorsErne, Lukas Christianorcid
Published inSmith, Daniel & Wilkinson, Hazel (Ed.), Liber amicorum H. R. Woudhuysen : a bibliographical tribute, p. 146-166
PublisherOxford : Oxford University Press
Publication date2024
Abstract

The impact of editorial mediation is easily missed by readers who have no expertise in editing. This chapter makes visible the often-invisible editorial mediation of Shakespeare by distinguishing between and exploring the repercussions of thirteen different kinds of editorial intervention. It shows that editors have a massive influence on the way modern readers engage with Shakespeare’s plays.

Keywords
  • Shakespeare
  • Editing
  • Emendation
  • Stage directions
  • Speech headings
  • Act-and-scene division
  • Modernization of spelling
  • Canonization
  • Dramatis personae lists
  • Verse lineation
  • Commentary
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ERNE, Lukas Christian. Mediating Shakespeare : thirteen ways of looking at editorial agency. In: Liber amicorum H. R. Woudhuysen : a bibliographical tribute. Smith, Daniel & Wilkinson, Hazel (Ed.). Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2024. p. 146–166. doi: 10.1093/oso/9780192871855.003.0007
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