Thomas Middleton and Early Modern Textual Culture is not only a companion to The Collected Works of Thomas Middleton; which every scholar of Renaissance literature will find indispensable. It is also essential reading for anyone interested in the history of the book in early modern Europe.The book is divided into two parts. The first part; on The Culture; situates Middleton within an historical and theoretical overview of early modern textual production; reproduction; circulation; and reception. An introductory essay by Gary Taylor (The Order of Persons) surveys lists of persons written by or connected to Middleton; using the complex relationship between textual and social orders to trace the evolution of textual culture in England during the Middleton century (1580-1679).Ten original essays then focus on Middletons connections to different aspects of textual culture in that century: authorship (by MacD. P. Jackson); manuscripts (Harold Love); legal texts (Edward Geiskes); censorship (Richard Burt); printing (Adrian Weiss); visual texts (John Astington); music(Andrew Sabol); stationers and living authors (Cyndia Clegg); posthumous publishing (Maureen Bell); and early readers (John Jowett).The second part; The Texts; supplies the documentation for claims made in the first part. This includes detailed evidence for the canon and chronology of Middletons works in all genres; greatly extending previous scholarship; and using the latest corpus-based attribution techniques. A full editorial apparatus is supplied for each item in The Collected Works: an Introduction; which summarizes and extends previous scholarship; is followed by textual notes; recording substantivedepartures from the control-text; variants between early texts; press-variants; discussions of emendations; and (for plays) an exact transcription of all original stage directions. Cross-references make it easy to move between the two volumes.This authoritative account of the early texts includes some extraordinarily complicated cases; which have never before been systematically collated: Hence; all you vain delights (the most popular song lyric from the Renaissance stage); The Two Gates of Salvation; The Peacemaker; and A Game at Chess (the most complex editorial problem in early modern drama; with eight extant texts and numerous reports of the early performances).
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Generally interestingBy Botnik RollerFrom what Ive heard. Popoff has some kind of degree in English language. bute that does not translate to his books. His writing style is heavy. hard to read. sometimes disjointed. It is indeed headache inducing. But. even so. at some points you find yourself laughing and agreeing with the writer. ort shcoked by his opinion.The selection in this book. unfortunately. was not made by Popoff himself. but was the result of a poll. As Popoff pretyy much knows. polls suck. But. anyway. there are so many illustrious albums here. that I went for it.I enjoyed it (I bought the Kindle version. It does not have the link to each of the five hundred albums).0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. a review for every level of metal head!!!By HellmanEven though its a little old now. this is a valuable read for fans of all metal! I found myself agreeing with Popoff most of the time. Popoff chides many popular submissions for what they are. poppy drivelthat always goes with top metal lists. With that. I am expanding my library based on this book. In the past I ignored (some I just plain missed altogether) many great metal acts. It will be a reference guide for me indefinitely. Very entertaining. a must if you love this genre as much as I have for 35 or so years!!!!!!1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Fun because it is debatableBy zombiWhat makes this hefty volume one of Popoffs better books is that it isnt simply a collection of his own personal rankings. Although I would like more information on exactly who WAS polled for this. he make it obvious when he does not share his assessment of certain albums. which makes it kind of fun to read when. for example. he does NOT agree with a high-ranking album such as Priests "Screaming for Vengeance." On the downside. he occasionally makes it obvious that those same people polled are idiots when their opinions differ from his. Still. and most importantly. this is an entertaining read.
