The Bowdler Shakespeare 6 Volume Paperback Set : In Six Volumes; In which Nothing Is Added to the Original Text; but those Words and Expressions Are Omitted which Cannot with Propriety Be Read Aloud i Mixed media product
by William Shakespeare
Edited by Thomas Bowdler
Part of the Cambridge Library Collection - Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama series
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'The Family Shakspeare: in which nothing is added to the original text, but those words and expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read in a family.' These words on the title pages of this edition gave rise to the verb 'to bowdlerise' - to remove or modify text considered vulgar or objectionable.
Although the first edition was in fact created by Henrietta Maria Bowdler (1750-1830) and published in 1807, the many subsequent editions were published under the name of her brother Thomas (1754-1825), who devoted his time to prison reform and chess, as well as the sanitising of Shakespeare.
The Bowdlers' work became enormously popular as the scandal-ridden Regency gave way to Victorian respectability.
This six-volume set is a reissue of the 1853 edition.
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- Pages:3200 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:24/09/2009
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- ISBN:9781108001076
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Item not Available
- Format:Mixed media product
- Pages:3200 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:24/09/2009
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- ISBN:9781108001076