The Dramatic Works in the Beaumont and Fletcher Canon 10 Volume Paperback Set - Softcover

Beaumont, Francis; Fletcher, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521729599 ISBN 13: 9780521729598

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

This is a ten volume definitive edition of critical, old-spelling texts of the plays in the Beaumont and Fletcher canon, in which the texts are established on modern bibliographical principles and published under the general editorship of Fredson Bowers. Each play is introduced by a discussion of the text and its authorship, and is accompanied by detailed textual notes, a list of press variants, emendations of accidentals and an historical collation. The plays of Beaumont alone are published first, followed by those by Beaumont and Fletcher together, Beaumont and Fletcher revised by Massinger, Fletcher alone and finally Fletcher with his numerous collaborators.

About this title

Book Description:

This is a ten volume definitive edition of critical, old-spelling texts of the plays in the Beaumont and Fletcher canon, in which the texts are established on modern bibliographical principles and published under the general editorship of Fredson Bowers.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521729599
• ISBN 13: 9780521729598
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 6944
• Editor: Bowers Fredson