The Historie Of Troylus And Cresseida

Author : William Shakespeare
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ISBN 13 : 9781333035129
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (351 download)

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Download or read book The Historie of Troylus and Cresseida written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-06 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Historie of Troylus and Cresseida: As It Was Acted by the King's Maiesties Seruants at the Globe This mention of the First Folio brings us to the question which is here, as in every other case, of such peculiar interest. What relation does the Folio bear to the Quarto version? Are we permitted to see the growth of Shakes peare's mind in a revision? This last query was answered in the affirmative by some of the last century commentators; and, in the present century, the same opinion has been held by various Shakespearian scholars, among others by Mr. Collier and by the Cambridge Editors, who speak of differences between the Quarto and Folio editions as resulting from deliberate correction, first by the author himself, and secondly by some less skilful hand. The writer of these Forewords ventures to differ from these high authorities. There are indeed in the Folio a dozen or more passages inserted which are not found in the Quarto but a study of these additions will show that in almost every case the state of the context in the earlier edition suggests some mistake in the printing,3 which mistake has been corrected in the Folio, whose editors in these cases made a better use of the Copy of the play which was in their pos: session. They did not always, however, prove more successful than the 1609 editor, for they make some careless omissions and they give many false readings. Their stage directionsa their versification, and their punctuation are generally (but not always) an improvement; while, as their false reading of various words and expres sions has been mentioned, it is only fair to add that in many cases they have given improved and correct readings. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.