{"product_id":"stolne-and-surreptitious-copies-alfred-hart-9780522871029","title":"Stolne and Surreptitious Copies: A Comparative Study of Shakespeare's Bad Quartos","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume was the first book devoted entirely to an investigation of the many problems associated with the relation between the 'stolne and surreptitious copies' of which Heminge and Condell complain in their address 'To the great Variety of Readers, ' and the corresponding plays of Shakespeare printed by them in the first folio.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor nearly two and a half centuries prior to the publication of the important Cambridge Shakespeare of 1863-6, many editors and commentators held firmly to the opinion that these words condemned all the quarto editions published in the life-time of the poet. They preferred to rely on the folio version for the text of a play although careful collation had previously proved that the folio text of this play had been set up from one of the earlier quarto editions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alfred Hart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 052287102X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780522871029\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Melbourne University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/29\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 494\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Alfred Hart","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48517328830719,"sku":"9780522871029","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fe5321ce-0c32-40d1-9167-c028da3c6bd1.jpg?v=1778731384","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/stolne-and-surreptitious-copies-alfred-hart-9780522871029","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}