tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125790120445768629.post4090466416555496733..comments2024-03-09T13:05:57.767+00:00Comments on Icknield Indagations: The Arden Shakespeares and the Brotherhood of RuralistsDavid Gouldstonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01446150522362785974noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125790120445768629.post-63230640309020990892021-06-03T16:57:53.369+01:002021-06-03T16:57:53.369+01:00Absolutely fascinating.Absolutely fascinating.ZTE Mediahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04468276666546513161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125790120445768629.post-53299090192502275352020-06-01T11:39:25.355+01:002020-06-01T11:39:25.355+01:00Hi, I find reading this article a joy. It is extre...Hi, I find reading this article a joy. It is extremely helpful and interesting and very much looking forward to reading more of your work.. <a href="https://krushia.com" rel="nofollow">Books for people of all ages</a><br />M. Tahahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12045558659892762964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125790120445768629.post-78275201280520922072019-10-25T17:28:05.609+01:002019-10-25T17:28:05.609+01:00Hello Himadri. Thanks for the messages. I too am g...Hello Himadri. Thanks for the messages. I too am gradually replacing my Arden 2s with 3s. I rather regret getting rid of the former because, like you, I like some of the covers, plus they have useful information on matters such as dating and printing history and extensive extracts from Shakespeare's sources (which the 3rd series doesn't do so routinely). In an ideal world I'd have three (or more) copies of each play: Arden 2 and 3, for 'serious' reading, and a beautifully illustrated edition for 'leisure' reading. But this is a mere pipe dream (or, perhaps, a type dream, as we're talking about books) as here in the real world shelf space is prime real estate, fought over viciously by competing volumes. I'm rapidly approaching the Pepys point. He decided that a certain number of books - 3000 in his case - was optimal, and after that it was one in, one out. My only alternative is to start putting shelves over doorways.David Gouldstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446150522362785974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125790120445768629.post-25350302184267952152019-10-24T09:53:29.818+01:002019-10-24T09:53:29.818+01:00Sorry - my rusty old brain was short-circuiting. I...Sorry - my rusty old brain was short-circuiting. I had meant Harold Jenkins, not Harold Beaver. Harold Beaver was the Melville scholar who had edited the older Penguin editions of Moby-Dick & Billy Budd. Not sure why I got them mixed up!ArgumentativeOldGithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15885550353748027145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125790120445768629.post-17094542508720882812019-10-23T20:55:43.297+01:002019-10-23T20:55:43.297+01:00I too collected the 2nd Arden series in the covers...I too collected the 2nd Arden series in the covers by the Brotherhood of Ruralists. And I was delighted to see that this Brotherhood boasted among its members Peter Blake and Jan Haworth, who had, of course, designed the iconic cover of the Beatles’ Sgt Pepper album. As you say, the quality of these cover illustrations do vary, but on the whole, I rather like them. I’ve supplemented some of these (though not all) with 3rd editions. Splitting “Hamlet” into two volumes (one for the 2nd Quarto text, one for the Folio text) is particularly useful: shame they didn’t do that for “King Lear” too. However, I do find myself much attached to the 2nd Arden edition of “Hamlet” edited by Harold Beaver. I have a single volume edition of Shakespeare too (the Oxford edition, edited by Stanley Wells & Gary Taylor), but, with all the individual Arden editions, rarely feel the need to reach for that.<br />-Himadri (aka The Argumentative Old Git)<br />The Argumentative Old Githttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09583407462940146876noreply@blogger.com