"Constructing Inessential Shakespeare in the United States" 
https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbo480/
Author:
	Bayer, Mark.
Type:
	Journal Article
Year:
	2024
Publication Information:
	Shakespeare (British Shakespeare Association) 20, no. 4 (2024): 527–40.
DOI:
	10.1080/17450918.2023.2236591
Annotation:
	Explores how two editors shaped American ideas of "essential Shakespeare": Henry Norman Hudson, whose Plays of Shakespeare Selected and Prepared for Use in Schools, Clubs, Classes, and Families (1875) dictated which plays to study in American schools; and Richard Grant White, editor of The Riverside Edition (1883), who recommended a reading order for the plays, starting with Tempest. Contends that as editors, Hudson and White "functioned as gatekeepers and set the parameters for Shakespeare studies as a recognisable academic discipline." English summary, 540.
Language:
	English
Persons:
	Hudson, Henry Norman; White, Richard Grant
Tags:
	Pedagogy, Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism, Shakespeare Scholars
WSB Update:
	Summer 2025
WSB Record Number:
	bbbo480