Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-289) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- 1. Quantifying Shakespeare's presence in print -- 2. Shakespeare, publication and authorial misattribution -- 3. The bibliographic and paratextual makeup of Shakespeare's Quarto playbooks -- 4. Shakespeare's publishers -- 5. The reception of printed Shakespeare -- Appendix A. The publication of playbooks by Shakespeare and his contemporaries to 1660 -- Appendix B. Printed playbooks of professional plays, including reprints, 1583-1622 -- Appendix C. Shakespeare's publishers, 1593-1622.
