Texto, escenario y página: Garrick, Johnson y la edición de Sueño de una noche de verano de Shakespeare en el siglo XVIII
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Este artículo examina dos ediciones contemporáneas de A Midsummer Night’s Dream de William Shakespeare en el siglo XVIII: la adaptación escénica de David Garrick (1763) y la edición crítica de Samuel Johnson (1765). Frente a la idea de que la variación textual se explica principalmente por la distancia cronológica con respecto al momento autoral, el estudio sostiene que dichas variaciones responden, sobre todo, a objetivos culturales, comerciales e interpretativos específicos. El análisis se articula en torno a los conceptos de intención autoral e intención editorial, mostrando cómo cada editor negocia de manera distinta la autoridad de Shakespeare. Garrick, desde la práctica teatral, concibe la obra como un texto flexible y funcional: introduce cortes, simplificaciones y ajustes estructurales para asegurar la eficacia dramática y la recepción del público. Su trabajo se fundamenta en la experiencia escénica y privilegia la reducción y la inmediatez. Johnson, en cambio, se inscribe en la tradición erudita orientada a fijar y estabilizar el texto mediante un amplio aparato crítico de notas y comentarios que median su sentido. Aunque difieren en sus concepciones y estrategias editoriales, ambos participan de un mismo horizonte cultural que busca sostener a Shakespeare como figura central del canon literario británico.
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