Pericles

by Shakespeare, William; Wilkins, George; Warren, Roger; Taylor, Gary; Jackson, Macd. P.

• ISBN13: 9780192814609
• ISBN10: 0192814605
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-04-08
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., is home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs. For more information, visit www.folger.edu. Barbara A. Mowat is Director of Academic Programs at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Editor of Shakespeare Quarterly, Chair of the Folger Institute, and author of The Dramaturgy of Shakespeare's Romances and of essays on Shakespeare's plays and on the editing of the plays. Paul Werstine is Professor of English at King's College and the Graduate School of the University of Western Ontario, Canada. He is the author of many papers and articles on the printing and editing of Shakespeare's plays and was Associate Editor of the annual Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England from 1980 to 1989.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	ix
Introduction	1	(1)
Preliminaries: Theatre, Text, Authors	1	(3)
Shakespeare and George Wilkins	4	(4)
`Pericles' and Shakespeare's Other Plays	8	(5)
Origins	13	(7)
The Modern Revival of 'Pericles'	20	(10)
Ancient Gower	30	(6)
Antioch and After	36	(2)
Pentapolis	38	(3)
Ephesus: Language and Theatricality	41	(6)
Now to Marina---and Mytilene	47	(6)
The Music of the Spheres: Pericles and Marina	53	(7)
Authorship	60	(11)
The Text: Corruption and Reconstruction	71	(10)
Editorial Procedures	81	(6)
Abbreviations and References	82	(5)
Pericles, Prince of Tyre	87	(144)
Appendix A A Diplomatic Reprint of The First Quarto of `Pericles' (1609)	231	(56)
Appendix B Passages from Wilkins's `Painful Adventures of Pericles'	287	(4)
Appendix C Attribution of Emendations	291	(10)
Index	301