A critical edition of Menaphon by Robert
Greene with the Preface by Thomas Nashe, edited by Ardelle Cowie
(aka Ardelle Cowie Short), Yale Ph.D. 1977: Greene's Menaphon,
with Nash'e Preface, originally published in 1589, was reprinted
four times in the 16th and 17th centuries (1599, 1605, 1610, and
1616). This critical edition collates three copies of the 1st
edition, along with copies of the other early editions. Since no
changes in the texts can be ascribed to Greene or Nashe, the
1589 edition is used as the copy-text. A full textual apparatus
records all substantive variants and emendations. An Essay on Nashe's Preface places it in the context
of his developing prose style. Greene's Menaphon is
treated in a separate Essay concerned with the
self-consciousness of the work and its relation to various
sources and influences (such as Greek romance, Euphuism, and
Sidney's Old Arcadia). The Commentary identifies
literary allusions, clarifies stylistic obscurities, and
discusses difficult passages. Contemporary writers, such as John
Lyly, are quoted for comparison. The Glossary includes words
that might not be easily understood, either because of
peculiarity of spelling or because of specialized, archaic, or
obsolete meaning.
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