Textual Criticism: Central Texts Quiz
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Q. Which version of Shakespeare's Hamlet is believed to be reconstructed from memory by an actor in Shakespeare's company?
Quarto 1 Hamlet
Quarto 2 Hamlet
Folio Hamlet
Hamlet
Q. In which book does Jerome McGann discuss his "socialized" concept of authorship?
Textual and Literary Criticism
A Rationale of Textual Criticism
A Critique of Modern Textual Criticism
"The Rationale of Copy-Text"
Q. Which book by R. B. McKerrow was written as an introduction to the field of Textual Criticism/Bibliography?
Textual and Literary Criticism
A Critique of Modern Textual Criticism
A Rationale of Textual Criticism
An Introduction to Bibliography for Literary Students
Q. Which of Herman Melville's novels is characterized as a "fluid text" by the critic John Bryant?
Moby-Dick
Billy Budd
Typee
Pierre: or, The Ambiguities
Q. Which text by A.W. Pollard was important in Shakespeare studies?
"The Rationale of Copy-text"
Shakespeare Folios and Quartos: a Study in the Bibliography of Shakespeare's Plays, 1594–1685
Textual and Literary Criticism
A Critique of Modern Textual Criticism