John Jowett Books

A comprehensive accompaniment and resource for students and educators. A comprehensive reference work on Shakespearean textual problems, setting forth the editorial principles of the Oxford Edition and providing a concise history of Shakespeare editing. Includes for each play, textual notes, press-variants, discussions of emendations and plausible alternative readings, and much more. Indispensable for serious students.

An introduction to the foundations of the text of Shakespeare that examines Shakespeare's writing in the environment of the theatre and the printing of the earliest surviving texts. This revised edition includes a new chapter on digital text, digital editing, and their interface with the traditional media.