バウドラー版 シェイクスピア作品集（全６巻） 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 in a Family (Cambridge Library Collection - Shakesp

Shakespeare, William/ Bowdler, Thomas (EDT)

Cambridge University Press（2009/09発売）

• ページ数 3200 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781108001076
• DDC分類 822.33

Full Description

'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.

Contents

The Bowdler Shakespeare Volumes I–X