The Bowdler Shakespeare. In Which Nothing is Added to the Original Text; but Those Words and Expressions are Omitted Which Cannot with Propriety be Read Aloud in a Family.

Shakespeare, William. Ed(s): Bowdler, Thomas

ISBN 10: 1108001084 / ISBN 13: 9781108001083

Published by Cambridge Library Collection, 2009

About this Item

The famous 'censored' edition of Shakespeare from which the verb 'to bowdlerise' was coined. Editor(s): Bowdler, Thomas. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama. Num Pages: 516 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 750. . 2009. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Bowdler Shakespeare. In Which Nothing is Added to the Original Text; but Those Words and Expressions are Omitted Which Cannot with Propriety be Read Aloud in a Family.
• Publisher: Cambridge Library Collection
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108001084
• ISBN 13: 9781108001083
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

'The Family Shakspeare: in which nothing is added to the original text, but those words and expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read in a family.' These words on the title pages of this edition gave rise to the verb 'to bowdlerise' - to remove or modify text considered vulgar or objectionable. Although the first edition was in fact created by Henrietta Maria Bowdler (1750–1830) and published in 1807, the many subsequent editions were published under the name of her brother Thomas (1754–1825), who devoted his time to prison reform and chess, as well as the sanitising of Shakespeare. The Bowdlers' work became enormously popular as the scandal-ridden Regency gave way to Victorian respectability. This volume, from the 1853 edition, contains The Tempest, Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Twelfth Night, Measure for Measure, Much Ado about Nothing and A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Book Description

This volume of the famous 'censored' edition of Shakespeare from which the verb 'to bowdlerise' was coined contains The Tempest, Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Twelfth Night, Measure for Measure, Much Ado about Nothing and A Midsummer Night's Dream.