The never-before-told story of how the makers of The First Folio created Shakespeare as we know him today. 2023 marks the 400-year anniversary of the publication of Mr William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies, known today simply as the First Folio. It is difficult to imagine a world without The Tempest, Twelfth Night, Antony and Cleopatra, The Winters Tale, and Macbeth, but these are just some of the plays that were only preserved thanks to the astounding labor of love that was the first collected edition of Shakespeares plays. When the First Folio hit the bookstalls in 1623, nearly eight years after the dramatists death, it provided eighteen previously unpublished plays, and significantly revised versions of close to a dozen other dramatic works, many of which may not have survived without the efforts of those who backed, financed, curated, and crafted what is arguably one of the most important conservation projects in literary history. Without the First Folio Shakespeare is unlikely to have acquired the towering international stature he now enjoys across the arts, the pedagogical arena, and popular culture. Its lasting impact on English national heritage, as well as its circulation across cultures, languages, and media, makes the First Folio the worlds most influential secular book. But who were the personalities behind the project and did Shakespeare himself play a role in its inception? Shakespeares Book: The Story Behind the First Folio and the Making of Shakespeare charts, for the first time, the manufacture of the First Folio against a turbulent backdrop of seismic political events and international tensions which intersected with the lives of its creators and which left their indelible marks on this ambitious publication-project. This story uncovers the friendships, bonds, social ties, and professional networks that facilitated the production of Shakespeares bookas well as the personal challenges, tragedies and dangers that threw obstacles in the path of its chief backers. It reveals how Shakespeare himself, before his death, may have influenced the ways in which his own public identity would come to be enshrined in the First Folio, shaping his legacy to future generations and determining how the world would remember him: "not of an age, but for all time." Shakespeares Book tells the true story of how the makers of the First Folio created Shakespeare as we know him today.
Shakespeare's Book: The Story Behind the First Folio and the Making of Shakespeare
MSRP:
Was:
Now:
$19.37 - $27.67
(You save
)
(No reviews yet)
Write a Review
Write a Review
![Shakespeare's Book: The Story Behind the First Folio and the Making of Shakespeare Shakespeare's Book: The Story Behind the First Folio and the Making of Shakespeare](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-rr0pkl7rnl/images/stencil/500x659/products/45978/92166/71q3uUchiZL__78644.1706199449.jpg?c=1)
Shakespeare's Book: The Story Behind the First Folio and the Making of Shakespeare
- SKU:
- UPC:
- 9781639363261
- Maximum Purchase:
- 2 units
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- Publication Date:
- 4/25/2023
- Release Date:
- 4/25/2023
- Author:
- Laoutaris, Chris
- Language:
- English: Published; English: Original Language; English
- Pages:
- 560
![The Millionaire and the Bard: Henry Folgers Obsessive Hunt for Shakespeares First Folio The Millionaire and the Bard: Henry Folgers Obsessive Hunt for Shakespeares First Folio](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-rr0pkl7rnl/images/stencil/500x659/products/165469/323354/51ol5AJQL0L__08708.1727918721.jpg?c=1)
Mays Andrea
The Millionaire and the Bard: Henry Folgers Obsessive Hunt for Shakespeares First Folio
MSRP:
Was:
Now:
$16.45 - $39.52
![The Tragedie of Othello, The Moore of Venice: Applause First Folio Editions (Folio Texts) (Applause Shakespeare Library Folio Texts) The Tragedie of Othello, The Moore of Venice: Applause First Folio Editions (Folio Texts) (Applause Shakespeare Library Folio Texts)](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-rr0pkl7rnl/images/stencil/500x659/products/99289/193168/51IrqG1eyhL__38362.1727740396.jpg?c=1)
Brand: Applause Theatre n Cinema Books
The Tragedie of Othello, The Moore of Venice: Applause First Folio Editions (Folio Texts) (Applause Shakespeare Library Folio Texts)
MSRP:
Was:
Now:
$24.36 - $26.85
![Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies: A Facsimile of the First Folio, 1623 Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies: A Facsimile of the First Folio, 1623](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-rr0pkl7rnl/images/stencil/500x659/products/91780/178789/51iW0JUt3IL__76484.1727723037.jpg?c=1)
Brand: Routledge
Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies: A Facsimile of the First Folio, 1623
MSRP:
Was:
Now:
$117.31 - $144.00
![A Midsommer Nights Dream Folio Text (Paperback) (Applause Shakespeare Library Folio Texts) A Midsommer Nights Dream Folio Text (Paperback) (Applause Shakespeare Library Folio Texts)](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-rr0pkl7rnl/images/stencil/500x659/products/130698/253258/51rQE2eSx9L__43785.1727835547.jpg?c=1)
Applause Books
A Midsommer Nights Dream Folio Text (Paperback) (Applause Shakespeare Library Folio Texts)
MSRP:
Was:
Now:
$24.98 - $29.84
![Shakespeare 16 Books Childrens Story Collection Set By Tony Ross Shakespeare 16 Books Childrens Story Collection Set By Tony Ross](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-rr0pkl7rnl/images/stencil/500x659/products/61841/121353/51smKt9oysL__34844.1706230271.jpg?c=1)
Shakespeare 16 Books Childrens Story Collection Set By Tony Ross
MSRP:
Was:
Now:
$33.75 - $58.32
![Shakespeare Shakespeare](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-rr0pkl7rnl/images/stencil/500x659/products/36722/74636/417K-I1C2_L__98656.1706181872.jpg?c=1)
Shakespeare
MSRP:
Was:
Now:
$25.53 - $36.44
!