Molly G. Yarn

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Chronicler of bookwomen (misc.) Currently 17thC women printers. Previously SHAKESPEARE'S 'LADY EDITORS' (CUP). Freelance indexer/editor/researcher. A remarkably Independent Scholar.

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An elegant and important book, Shakespeare’s Lady Editors features dazzling archival work that creates an entire field. Yarn’s extraordinary research not only recovers the history of female editors of Shakespeare editions but also discovers details about their lives, reconstructs their efforts to demonstrate their professional skills, and creates a moving story that also reflects on her own assumptions and desires as a chronicler of these neglected writers. Yarn’s research, impressive in its scope and depth, provides an aspirational model for scholars. This clearly written, authoritative volume offers readers new perspectives on editorial work, periodicals studies, gender politics, and the modes by which Shakespeare was transmitted and interpreted over the centuries.

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Paperback copies of the book Shakespeare’s Lady Editors

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