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The First Literary Hamlet and the Commonplacing of Professional Plays

Zachary Lesser, University of Pennsylvania
Peter Stallybrass, University of Pennsylvania

Abstract

Considers the first ("bad") quarto of <i>Hamlet</i> as Shakespeare's first literary drama, in the context of the use of marginal commas and italics to indicate sententiae in printed professional drama.

Suggested Citation

Zachary Lesser and Peter Stallybrass. "The First Literary Hamlet and the Commonplacing of Professional Plays" Shakespeare Quarterly 59.4 (2008): 371-420.
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/zacharylesser/16