The Shakespeare Thefts

Author : Eric Rasmussen
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2011-10-11
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780230341203

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The Shakespeare Thefts by Eric Rasmussen Pdf

Part literary detective story, part Shakespearean lore, The Shakespeare Thefts will charm the Bard's many fans. The first edition of Shakespeare's collected works, the First Folio, published in 1623, is one of the most valuable books in the world and has historically proven to be an attractive target for thieves. Of the 160 First Folios listed in a census of 1902, 14 were subsequently stolen-and only two of these were ever recovered. In his efforts to catalog all these precious First Folios, renowned Shakespeare scholar Eric Rasmussen embarked on a riveting journey around the globe, involving run-ins with heavily tattooed criminal street gangs in Tokyo, bizarre visits with eccentric, reclusive billionaires, and intense battles of wills with secretive librarians. He explores the intrigue surrounding the Earl of Pembroke, arguably Shakespeare's boyfriend, to whom the First Folio is dedicated and whose personal copy is still missing. He investigates the uncanny sequence of events in which a wealthy East Coast couple drowned in a boating accident and the next week their First Folio appeared for sale in Kansas. We hear about Folios that were censored, the pages ripped out of them, about a volume that was marked in red paint-or is it blood?-on every page; and of yet another that has a bullet lodged in its pages.

Author : Raymond Scott
Publisher : Metro Publishing, Limited
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-01
Category : Book thefts
ISBN : 1843589540

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Stealing Shakespeare by Raymond Scott Pdf

Undoubtedly the biggest crime to hit the literary world in recent years, the details of the stolen folio plot are not widely known. This book gives an inside account of the crime that crossed continents and shocked the world.

Author : Brett Hirsch,Hugh Craig
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781351963404

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The Shakespearean International Yearbook by Brett Hirsch,Hugh Craig Pdf

This eighth volume of The Shakespearean International Yearbook presents a special section on 'European Shakespeares', proceeding from the claim that Shakespeare's literary craft was not just native English or British, but was filtered and fashioned through a Renaissance awareness that needs to be recognized as European, and that has had effects and afterlives across the Continent. Guest editors Ton Hoenselaars and Clara Calvo have constructed this section to highlight both how the spread of 'Shakespeare' throughout Europe has brought together the energies of a wide variety of European cultures across several centuries, and how the inclusion of Shakespeare in European culture has been not only a European but also a world affair. The Shakespearean International Yearbook continues to provide an annual survey of important issues and developments in contemporary Shakespeare studies. Contributors to this issue come from the US and the UK, Spain, Switzerland and South Africa, Canada, The Netherlands, India, Portugal, Greece, France, and Hungary. In addition to the section on European Shakespeares, this volume includes essays on the genre of romance, issues of character, and other topics.

Author : Anthony J. Pointon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1898594880

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The Man Who Was Never Shakespeare by Anthony J. Pointon Pdf

Author : Manuel Augusto Antão
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-08
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781365369926

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Shakespeare and I - Mirroring All Façades of Reality by Manuel Augusto Antão Pdf

In case there's anyone out there that has been reading the things I've been writing on my blogs, probably noticed that one of my "projects" for 2014, 2015 (and now 2016) was to read through all of Shakespeare's Works. Unfortunately, in 2014 I wasn't able to start this project (I read some Shakespeare stuff, but no plays). 2015 was where things really started shapping up Shakespeare-wise. But things were looking even better for 2016. On top of that, 2016 commemorated 400 years since the death of William Shakespeare and this special anniversary year was a truly unique opportunity to complete my quest of reading the rest of his entire body of work.

Author : Andrea Mays
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781439118238

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The Millionaire and the Bard by Andrea Mays Pdf

Documents the romantic story of the making of the First Folio, relating how a few years after a virtually unknown Shakespeare died, his former partners, friends and actors gathered his surviving manuscripts, unaware that they would create one of the most important English-language books ever published.

Author : Emma Smith
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780191069284

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Shakespeare's First Folio by Emma Smith Pdf

This is a biography of a book: the first collected edition of Shakespeare's plays printed in 1623 and known as the First Folio. It begins with the story of its first purchaser in London in December 1623, and goes on to explore the ways people have interacted with this iconic book over the four hundred years of its history. Throughout the stress is on what we can learn from individual copies now spread around the world about their eventful lives. From ink blots to pet paws, from annotations to wineglass rings, First Folios teem with evidence of their place in different contexts with different priorities. This study offers new ways to understand Shakespeare's reception and the history of the book. Unlike previous scholarly investigations of the First Folio, it is not concerned with the discussions of how the book came into being, the provenance of its texts, or the technicalities of its production. Instead, it reanimates, in narrative style, the histories of this book, paying close attention to the details of individual copies now located around the world - their bindings, marginalia, general condition, sales history, and location - to discuss five major themes: owning, reading, decoding, performing, and perfecting. This is a history of the book that consolidated Shakespeare's posthumous reputation: a reception history and a study of interactions between owners, readers, forgers, collectors, actors, scholars, booksellers, and the book through which we understand and recognize Shakespeare.

Author : Simon Houpt
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Art
ISBN : 1402728298

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Museum of the Missing by Simon Houpt Pdf

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Author : Edward D. Hoch
Publisher : Overamstel Uitgevers
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789049980696

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The Thefts of Nick Velvet by Edward D. Hoch Pdf

Thirteen stories of outrageous heists starring one smooth thief The dictator of the island of Jabali wants a baseball team, and he doesn’t care how he gets it. He has assembled nine of the finest players on the island, and is about to hire Nick Velvet to steal him some competition. Ordinary thieves might not be up to pinching a whole ball club, but Velvet specializes in lifting seemingly worthless items, and in this year’s National League, there is nothing more worthless than the hapless Beavers. He steals them easily—but will the island’s ruler be satisfied with a last-place team? In these charming stories starring one of Edward D. Hoch’s most popular characters, everything is up for grabs. Velvet steals sea serpents, garbage, cats, and toy mice—all with his trademark low-key style. In Nick Velvet’s underworld, there is nothing he won’t steal, so long as it’s priceless, worthless, or just plain crazy.

Author : Emma Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-18
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781107098787

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The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare's First Folio by Emma Smith Pdf

An international team of scholars covers every aspect of one of the most famous books in the English language.

Author : Christy Desmet,Sujata Iyengar,Miriam Jacobson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 623 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781351687522

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The Routledge Handbook of Shakespeare and Global Appropriation by Christy Desmet,Sujata Iyengar,Miriam Jacobson Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of Shakespeare and Global Appropriation brings together a variety of different voices to examine the ways that Shakespeare has been adapted and appropriated onto stage, screen, page, and a variety of digital formats. The thirty-nine chapters address topics such as trans- and intermedia performances; Shakespearean utopias and dystopias; the ethics of appropriation; and Shakespeare and global justice as guidance on how to approach the teaching of these topics. This collection brings into dialogue three very contemporary and relevant areas: the work of women and minority scholars; scholarship from developing countries; and innovative media renderings of Shakespeare. Each essay is clearly and accessibly written, but also draws on cutting edge research and theory. It includes two alternative table of contents, offering different pathways through the book – one regional, the other by medium – which open the book up to both teaching and research. Offering an overview and history of Shakespearean appropriations, as well as discussing contemporary issues and debates in the field, this book is the ultimate guide to this vibrant topic. It will be of use to anyone researching or studying Shakespeare, adaptation, and global appropriation.

Author : Peter Kirwan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107096172

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Shakespeare and the Idea of Apocrypha by Peter Kirwan Pdf

This book explores the methodologies and assumptions governing answers to the question 'what did Shakespeare actually write?'

Author : Lukas Erne
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780521765664

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Shakespeare and the Book Trade by Lukas Erne Pdf

This study establishes the remarkable presence of Shakespeare's plays and poems in the early modern English book trade.

Author : Joachim Heyward Siddors
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UVA:X000418364

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The Shakespeare Reference by Joachim Heyward Siddors Pdf

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-30
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780192517579

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The New Oxford Shakespeare: Critical Reference Edition by William Shakespeare Pdf

The New Oxford Shakespeare is a landmark print and online project, which for the first time provides fully edited and annotated texts of all extant versions of all Shakespeare's works, including collaborations, revisions, and adaptations. Based on a fresh examination of the surviving original documents, it draws upon the latest interdisciplinary scholarship, supplemented by new research undertaken by a diverse international team. Although closely connected and systematically cross-referenced, each part can be used independently of the others. The New Oxford Shakespeare: The Complete Works: Critical Reference Edition collects the same versions of the same works found in the Modern Critical Edition, keyed to the same line-numbering. But the Critical Reference Edition emphasizes book history and the documentary origins of each text. It preserves the spelling, punctuation, capitalization, abbreviations, typographical contrasts, ambiguities, and inconsistencies of the early documents. Introductions focus on early modern manuscript and print culture, setting each text within the material circumstances of its production, transmission, and early reception. The works are arranged in the chronological order of the surviving texts: the first volume covers documents manufactured in Shakespeare's lifetime, and the second covers documents made between 1622 and 1728. The illustrated general introduction presents an overview of the texts available to editors and describes how they define Shakespeare. An essay on error surveys kinds of error characteristic of these early text technologies. It is followed by a general introduction to the music of Shakespeare's plays. Introductions to individual works and an extensive foot-of-the-page textual apparatus record and discuss editorial corrections of scribal and printing errors in the early documents; marginal notes record press variants and key variants in different documents. Original music notation is provided for the songs (where available). Because the plays were written and copied within the framework of theatrical requirements, casting charts identify the length and type of each role, discuss potential doubling possibilities, and note essential props. The New Oxford Shakespeare consists of four interconnected publications: the Modern Critical Edition (with modern spelling), the Critical Reference Edition (with original spelling), a companion volume on Authorship, and an online version integrating all of this material on OUP's high-powered scholarly editions platform. Together, they provide the perfect resource for the future of Shakespeare studies.