Shakespeare, Milton and Eighteenth-Century Literary Editing: The Beginnings of Interpretative Scholarship

Introduction 1. Some theoretical perspectives for the study of eighteenth-century editing 2. Making sense of Scripture: biblical hermeneutics in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century England 3. Making sense of Milton: the editing of Paradise Lost 4. Making sense of Shakespeare: editing from Pope to Capell 5. Conclusion Select bibliography.