셰익스피어 First Folio-서지학적 서론

Abstract

This article aims at introducing three things: various points and problems of Fl involved in its publication, its two unique copies (the Vtncent-Jaggard Copy and the Turbutt- Bodleian Copy), and its bibliographical and textual Issues and some results of the investigation 14 this connexion. (1) Elizabethan dramatic copyrtght, Fl's editors, printers and publishers, its date and number printed are dealt with somewhat in detail. (2) Of some 240 extant copies of F, qutte a few are noteworthy, containing a cancelled leaf or proof-sheet, or recording an extremely romantic story. But the Vincent- Jaggard and Turbutt-Bodleian Folios are the most important and interesting-important for bibliographical and textual reasons and interesting for the strange fate they had undergone. (3) Rough sketch is made of textual transmission problems of F,, and some results of the investigation are outlined by way of discussing casting-off copy, stop-press correction, and compositor identification.