Shakespeare the Reviser: A Lover's Complaint
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Shakespeare the Reviser: A Lover's Complaint
By (Author) Marina Tarlinskaya
Manchester University Press
Manchester University Press
2nd January 2026
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Language and Linguistics
Physical Properties
Hardback
264
Width 138mm, Height 216mm
Description
The project researches the difference between a revision vs. a rewriting. The book explores the English poems and plays of the Early New English period, from the sixteenth to the beginning of seventeenth century, with over 50 entries examined. The main material is the poem A Lover's Complaint; the play Double Falsehood by Lewis Theobald; the revised and rewritten post-Restoration plays such as Richard II (revised by Lewis Theobald), and The Fatal Secret (rewritten Webster's The Duchess of Malfi) by Lewis Theobald. An example of authorial revision is Sonnets 2 and 138.
Author Bio
Marina Tarlinskaja is Professor Emerita in the Department of Linguistics at University of Washington.
