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The Second Folio is the 1632 edition of the collected plays of William Shakespeare. It follows the First Folio of 1623. Much language was updated in the Second Folio and there are almost 1,700 changes.
Second Folio. Full Title: Mr. William Shakespeare Comedies, histories and tragedies. Published according to the true originall copies. The second impression. London, printed by Tho. Cotes for Robert Allot, 1632. Published: London: Smethwick, J., Aspley, W., Hawkins, Richard, and Meighan, Richard, 1632.
Dec 4, 2020 · The other thing that makes the Second Folio distinct from the First Folio is that it contains the first ever published poem by a young, 24-year-old John Milton, the author of Paradise Lost. For a good introduction to the meaning of this poem and the significance of the Second Folio please watch this video of Ari Friedlander, University of Dayton.
The Second Folio was published by Allot, William Aspley, Richard Hawkins, Richard Meighen, and John Smethwick, and printed by Thomas Cotes. It contained the same plays as the First Folio and much of the same additional material, with the addition of an unsigned poem by John Milton .
Second Folio, 1632 · To the GREAT VARIETY of READERS: Celebrating the 400th Anniversary of Shakespeare's First Folio · KU Libraries Exhibits. William Shakespeare. Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories and Tragedies. London, 1632.
The Second and Fourth Folio · The Classic Text · Digital Exhibits - UWM Libraries Special Collections. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published According to the True Originall Copies. The Second Impression. London: Tho. Cotes for Robert Allot, 1632. Call Number: (RARE) PR 2751 .A2.
Time's Pencil offers a history of how Shakespeare's works changed in content and use after the publication of his First Folio in 1623. Visitors can look at primary sources from the 16th through 21st centuries to learn about how historical and literary changes led to waves of rewriting of Shakespearean texts and produced radically different ...
