City Origins, Lost Identities and Print Errors in "The Comedy of Errors"

Alice Leonard

doi:10.1017/9781108908023.003

City Origins, Lost Identities and Print Errors in "The Comedy of Errors"

Alice Leonard

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This article is concerned with printing error in the First Folio of The Comedy of Errors. It examines the effect of these errors on the reader and argues for a revision of their silent correction in modern editions. In so doing, it highlights a seventeenth and early eighteenth century history of reading which tried, and often failed, to correct them.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	21-42
Number of pages	22
Journal	Shakespeare Survey
Volume	73
Early online date	4 Sept 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108908023.003
Publication status	Published - 2020

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City Origins, Lost Identities and Print Errors in "The Comedy of Errors"

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