Peter C. Herman writes:
For the Shakespeare texts cited, we know that
their author did not oversee the publication of his plays in the least.
In other words, for SHakespeare, there is no ambiguity: he had nothing to
do with their publication.
Peter asserts that "we know" that Shakespeare did not go to the
printing house (as Ben Jonson did) to "oversee" (proofread?)
the printing of King Lear, Hamlet, and Othello. Marcus and Kastan
notwithstanding, I do NOT know that Shakespeare was indifferent to the
printing and publication of his plays. Isn't this a matter of
contest, not of knowledge? Last weekend, in fact, I argued at
WEVSARA that Shakespeare did have a direct interest in the printing of Q1
2 Henry IV.
Yours, Bill Godshalk
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