1. 'True' Histories: Thomas Creede's looking glasses and the print identity of Queen Elizabeth's men; 2. Authorizing histories: Andrew Wise and Shakespeare's English history plays; 3. United histories: Nathaniel Butter and his newsworthy playbooks; 4. Collecting histories: The Jaggard-Pavier Collection (1619) and Shakespeare's First Folio (1623).
Showing how overlooked publication agents constructed and read early modern history plays, this book fundamentally re-evaluates the genre.
Amy Lidster is a Departmental Lecturer in English Language and Literature at Jesus College, University of Oxford. She is co-editor of Shakespeare at War: A Material History (Cambridge University Press, 2023), and her work has appeared widely in books and journals, including Old St Paul's and Culture (2021), Shakespeare Survey, Shakespeare Studies, and Renaissance Drama.
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