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Tables of Contents for The Merchant of Venice
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
v
34
DEFINITIONS OF AND GUIDE TO PHOTOGRAPHIC COPIES OF THE EARLY TEXTS
v
2
WELCOME TO THESE SCRIPTS
vii
3
MAKING FULL USE OF THESE TEXTS
x
12
WHAT MODERN CHANGES WILL BE SHOWN
x
6
Words and phrases
x
1
Line structure changes related to problems of `casting-off'
x
1
Lines structure changes not related to problems of `casting-off'
xi
1
The special problems affecting what are known as `shared' or `split' verse lines
xii
3
The unusual single split line
xv
1
SENTENCE AND PUNCTUATION STRUCTURES
xvi
6
Dropping a line to illustrate F1's sentence structure
xvii
1
The highlighting of the major punctuation in these texts
xviii
4
PRACTICAL ON-PAGE HELP FOR THE READER
xxii
7
THE VISUAL SYMBOLS HIGHLIGHTING MODERN ALTERATIONS
xxii
3
THE VISUAL SYMBOLS HIGHLIGHTING KEY ITEMS WITHIN THE FIRST FOLIO
xxv
1
ACT, SCENE, AND LINE NUMBERING SPECIFIC TO THIS TEXT
xxvi
3
COMMON TYPESETTING PECULIARITIES OF THE FOLIO AND QUARTO TEXTS
xxix
4
FOOTNOTE CODE
xxxiii
4
ALPHABETICAL FOOTNOTE CODING
xxxiii
1
FOOTNOTE CODING BY TOPIC
xxxiv
1
ONE MODERN CHANGE FREQUENTLY NOTED IN THESE TEXTS
xxxv
2
A BRIEF WORD ABOUT THE COMPOSITORS
xxxvii
2
THE PLAY
xxxix
INTRODUCTION TO THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
xxxix
14
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
liii
THE TEXT
1
92
APPENDICES THE UNEASY RELATIONSHIP OF FOLIO, QUARTO, AND MODERN TEXTS
93