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Lewis Theobald

His Contribution to English Scholarship With some Unpublished Letters
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 1919

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A biography of the 18th century British textual editor Lewis Theobold that asserts that the basic principles of critical editing in English were derived from Theobold's adaptation of the method employed by Bentley in the classics.

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    Frontmatter

    I
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    Preface

    IX
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    Contents

    XIII
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    I. Theobald’s Early Life

    1
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    II. The Rage for Emending

    31
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    III. Shakespeare Restored

    61
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    IV. The Period of “The Dunciad”

    100
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    V. The Edition of Shakespeare

    156
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    VI. Theobald’s Later Life

    193
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    VII. The Progress of the Method

    217
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    Appendix A. Bibliotheca

    254
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    Appendix B. Translation of Bentley’s Horace

    256
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    Appendix C. Some Unpublished Letters of Theobald

    258
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    Appendix D. A Chronological List of Theobald’s Works

    347
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    Index

    357
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    Vita

    365
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May 6, 2019
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9780231885584
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This book is in the series
Columbia University Studies in English and Comparative Literature
https://doi.org/10.7312/jone91810
eBook ISBN: 9780231885584
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