{"product_id":"making-of-shakespeares-first-folio","title":"Making of Shakespeare's First Folio","description":"\u003ch1\u003eMaking of Shakespeare's First Folio\u003c\/h1\u003eEmma Smith\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bodleian Library\u003cbr\u003eMarch 1 2016\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9781851244423\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 1851244425\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: Shakespeare is synonymous with English literature. Well-loved the world over, his work endures for its ability to speak powerfully to the follies and foibles of human nature. We endlessly debate not only the finer points of each of his plays and sonnets but also the identity of the Bard himself. Yet no fanfare surrounded the initial publication of Shakespeare's \u003ci\u003eFirst Folio\u003c\/i\u003e--no queue of eager readers, no launch to the top of the best seller list. It wasn't until four hundred years after Shakespeare's death that the book would be the subject of a national book tour. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Making of Shakespeare's First Folio\u003c\/i\u003e offers the first comprehensive biography of the earliest collected edition of Shakespeare's plays. In November 1623, the book arrived in the bookshop of the London publisher Edward Blount at the Black Bear. Long in the making, \u003ci\u003eMaster William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eas the \u003ci\u003eFirst Folio\u003c\/i\u003e was then known--appeared seven years after Shakespeare's death. Nearly one thousand pages in length, the collection comprised thirty-six plays, half of which had never been previously published. Emma Smith tells the story of the \u003ci\u003eFirst Folio\u003c\/i\u003e's origins, locating it within the social and political context of Jacobean London and bringing in the latest scholarship on the seventeenth-century book trade. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Extensively illustrated, \u003ci\u003eThe Making of Shakespeare's First Folio\u003c\/i\u003e is a landmark addition to the copious literature on Shakespeare. It will shed much-needed light on the birth of the \u003ci\u003eFirst Folio\u003c\/i\u003e--of which fewer than 250 copies remain--and the birth of Shakespeare's towering reputation.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67391032000557,"sku":"20373","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_81e11529-ece7-4351-91ca-991ee5a4aadd.jpg?v=1787350822","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/making-of-shakespeares-first-folio","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}