Alexander Dyce
Alexander Dyce (30 June 1798 – 15 May 1869) was a Scottish writer, dramatic editor, and literary historian.He was born in Edinburgh and received his early education at the high school there, before becoming a student at Exeter College, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in 1819. He took holy orders, and became a curate at Lantegloss, in Cornwall, and subsequently at Nayland, in Suffolk; in 1827 he settled in London.
His first books were ''Select Translations from Quintus Smyrnaeus'' (1821), an edition of Collins (1827), and ''Specimens of British Poetesses'' (1825). He issued annotated editions of George Peele, Robert Greene, John Webster, Thomas Middleton, Marlowe, and Beaumont and Fletcher, with lives of the authors and much illustrative matter. He completed, in 1833, an edition of James Shirley left unfinished by William Gifford, and contributed biographies of Shakespeare, Pope, Akenside and Beattie to Pickering's ''Aldine Poets''. He also edited (1836–1838) Richard Bentley's works, and ''Specimens of British Sonnets'' (1833). His carefully prepared and exhaustive edition of John Skelton, which appeared in 1843, for the first time presented the full oeuvre (so far as it survives) of this unjustly overlooked and often maligned poet of the early Tudor period. It is still indispensable for a serious study of the poet. In 1857 his edition of Shakespeare was published by Moxon; and the second edition was issued by Chapman & Hall in 1866. He also published ''Remarks on Collier's and Knight's Editions of Shakespeare'' (1844); ''A Few Notes on Shakespeare'' (1853); and ''Strictures on Collier's new Edition of Shakespeare'' (1859), which ended the long friendship between Dyce and the literary scholar (and forger) John Payne Collier.
Dyce was closely connected with several literary societies, and undertook the publication of Kempe's ''Nine Days' Wonder'' for the Camden Society; and the old plays of ''Timon of Athens'' and ''Sir Thomas More'' were published by him for the Shakespeare Society. He was associated with Halliwell-Phillips, John Payne Collier and Thomas Wright as one of the founders of the Percy Society, for publishing old English poetry. Dyce also issued ''Recollections of the Table Talk of Samuel Rogers'' (1856).
By the time of his death, Dyce had collected a valuable library, containing many rare Elizabethan books, and this collection was left to the South Kensington Museum (Victoria and Albert Museum). Dyce's bequest comprised 80 pictures, 63 miniatures, 802 drawings, 1,511 prints, 74 rings, 27 art objects, and 13,596 books. His wide reading in Elizabethan literature enabled him to explain much that was formerly obscure in Shakespeare. While preserving all that was valuable in former editions, Dyce added much fresh matter. His ''Glossary'', a large volume of 500 pages, was the most exhaustive that had appeared.
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A few notes on Shakespeare; with occasional remarks on the emendations of the manuscript-corrector in Mr. Collier's copy of the folio 1632. by Dyce, Alexander, 1798-1869
[New York], [AMS Press], 1971
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Specimens of British poetesses. by Dyce, Alexander, 1798-1869
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Remarks on Mr. J.P. Collier's and Mr. C. Knight's editions of Shakespeare. by Dyce, Alexander, 1798-1869
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Strictures on Mr. Collier's new edition of Shakespeare, 1858 by Dyce, Alexander, 1798-1869
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The reminiscences of Alexander Dyce by Dyce, Alexander, 1798-1869
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Specimens of British poetesses ; selected and chronologically arranged. by Dyce, Alexander, 1798-1869
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A glossary to the works of William Shakespeare. : The references made applicable to any edition of Shakespeare, the explanations rev. and new notes added by Dyce, Alexander, 1798-1869
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A few notes on Shakespeare : with occasional remarks on the emendations of the manuscript-corrector in Mr by Dyce, Alexander, 1798-1869
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Remarks on Mr. J.P. Collier's and Mr. C. Knight's editions of Shakespeare. by Dyce, Alexander, 1798-1869
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The harmony of the church by Drayton, Michael, 1563-1631
London : Printed for the Percy Society [by T. Richards], 1843Other Authors: “…Dyce, Alexander, 1798-1869…”
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The harmony of the church by Drayton, Michael, 1563-1631
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The poetical works of Alexander Pope by Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744
Boston : Little, Brown and Co., 1856Other Authors: “…Dyce, Alexander, 1798-1869…”
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The works of George Peele: collected and edited, with some account of his life and writings by Peele, George, 1556-1596
London : W. Pickering, 1829Other Authors: “…Dyce, Alexander, 1798-1869…”
2d ed., with additions.
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Kemps nine daies wonder : performed in a daunce from London to Norwich by Kemp, William, active 1600
New York : Johnson Reprint Corp., 1968Other Authors: “…Dyce, Alexander, 1798-1869…”
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The poetical works of Mark Akenside. by Akenside, Mark, 1721-1770
New York : AMS Press, 1969Other Authors: “…Dyce, Alexander, 1798-1869…”
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The works of Richard Bentley, D.D. by Bentley, Richard, 1662-1742
London : F. Macpherson, 1836Other Authors: “…Dyce, Alexander, 1798-1869…”
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The poetical works of Mark Akenside. by Akenside, Mark, 1721-1770
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The poetical works of John Skelton by Skelton, John, 1460?-1529
London : T. Rodd, 1843Other Authors: “…Dyce, Alexander, 1798-1869…”
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Kemps nine daies wonder: performed in a daunce from London to Norwich. by Kemp, William, active 1600
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Poems by Wotton, Henry, Sir, 1568-1639
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