Buch, Englisch, 3200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 198 mm, Gewicht: 5003 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama
The Bowdler Shakespeare 6 Volume Paperback Set
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-1-108-00107-6
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
In Six Volumes; 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
Buch, Englisch, 3200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 198 mm, Gewicht: 5003 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama
ISBN: 978-1-108-00107-6
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
'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 six-volume set is a reissue of the 1853 edition.
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The Bowdler Shakespeare Volumes I–X
