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The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 19.0297  Friday, 16 May 2008

From:		William godshalk <godshawl@email.uc.edu>
Date:		Thursday, 15 May 2008 21:30:17 -0400
Subject: 19.0294 Extant Copies of the Q1609 Sonnets
Comment:	Re: SHK 19.0294 Extant Copies of the Q1609 Sonnets

 >MacDonald P. Jackson has shown that Q was probably set
 >by two compositors who punctuated 'in very different ways',
 >so the punctuation cannot be regarded as Shakespeare's. . .  .

I would be more cautious. It is just possible that one of the 
compositors tried to followed Shakespeare's punctuation as carefully as 
he could, and that the other compositor followed his own inclination. 
After this, the deluge.

Eld's compositors also set T&C. See the Oxford Textual Companion p. 424, 
for more information about the compositors.

Bill

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