Shakespeare, Milton and eighteenth-century literary editing : the beginnings of interpretative scholarship
Marcus Walsh demonstrates that the work of pioneering editors of Milton and Shakespeare in the eighteenth century, was based on sophisticated and clearly articulated theories and methods. He relates these to contemporary interpretations of the Bible and key issues in modern editorial theory.
Print Book, English, 2004
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2004
Criticism, interpretation, etc
xii, 222 p. : facsims. ; 23 cm.
9780521602907, 0521602904
1252134642
Introduction; 1. Some theoretical perspectives for the study of eighteenth-century editing; 2. Making sense of Scripture: biblical hermeneutics in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century England; 3. Making sense of Milton: the editing of Paradise Lost; 4. Making sense of Shakespeare: editing from Pope to Capell; 5. Conclusion; Select bibliography.
First published: Cambridge University Press, 1997