| The Comedy of Errors Contributor(s): Shakespeare, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 1533567158 ISBN-13: 9781533567154 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $12.48 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1894 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | Shakespeare - Humor |
| Physical Information: 0.11" H x 8" W x 10" (0.27 lbs) 52 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In addition to the notes below, and so you will *NOT* think all the spelling errors introduced by the printers of the time have been corrected, here are the first few lines of Hamlet, as they are presented herein: Barnardo. Who's there? Fran. Nay answer me: Stand & vnfold your selfe Bar. Long liue the King As I understand it, the printers often ran out of certain words or letters they had often packed into a "cliche". . .this is the original meaning of the term cliche. . .and thus, being unwilling to unpack the cliches, and thus you will see some substitutions that look very odd. . .such as the exchanges of u for v, v for u, above. . .and you may wonder why they did it this way, presuming Shakespeare did not actually write the play in this manner. . . . |