Foliomania!

Foliomania!
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Publisher : Folger Shakespeare Lib
Total Pages : 72
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ISBN-10 : 0295991607
ISBN-13 : 9780295991603
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Book Synopsis Foliomania! by : Owen Williams

Download or read book Foliomania! written by Owen Williams and published by Folger Shakespeare Lib. This book was released on 2011 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies, first published in 1623, is among the most studied books in the English language. As the first collected edition of Shakespeare's plays, the First Folio largely established Shakespeare's canon and saved from loss eighteen plays that had not previously appeared in print, among them The Tempest, Measure for Measure, and Macbeth. The revival of Shakespeare's work in the 18th century inspired a mania to own a copy of this rare book--"foliomania"--that has extended into the 21st century. Accompanying the exhibition "Fame, Fortune, and Theft: The Shakespeare First Folio," Foliomanio tells stories about the collectors who have possessed a copy of the First Folio and what this iconic book has meant to readers over the years.


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