Книга: Bowdler Thomas «Memoir of the Life of John Bowdler, Esq»

Memoir of the Life of John Bowdler, Esq

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Bowdler, Thomas

born July 11, 1754, Ashley, near Bath, Somerset, Eng.
died Feb. 24, 1825, Rhydding, near Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales

English physician, philanthropist, and man of letters.

He is known for his Family Shakspeare (1818), in which, by expurgation and paraphrase, he aimed to provide an edition of the plays suitable for a father to read aloud to his family without fear of offending their susceptibilities or corrupting their minds. The first edition (1807) contained a selection of 20 plays that probably were expurgated by Bowdler's sister, Harriet.

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▪ British physician and writer
born July 11, 1754, Ashley, near Bath, Somerset, Eng.
died Feb. 24, 1825, Rhydding, near Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales

      English doctor of medicine, philanthropist, and man of letters, known for his Family Shakspeare (1818), in which, by expurgation and paraphrase, he aimed to provide an edition of Shakespeare's plays that he felt was suitable for a father to read aloud to his family without fear of offending their susceptibilities or corrupting their minds. Bowdler sought to preserve all Shakespeare's “beauties” without the “blemishes” introduced (he supposed) to please a licentious age. Bowdler also prepared an expurgated edition, published in 1826, of Edward Gibbon's The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

      Although criticized for tampering with Shakespeare's text, Bowdler deserves credit for making the plays known to a wide audience. The word bowdlerize, current by 1838 as a synonym for expurgate and now used in a pejorative sense, remains his most lasting memorial.

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Источник: Bowdler, Thomas

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  • Bowdler, Thomas — born July 11, 1754, Ashley, near Bath, Somerset, Eng. died Feb. 24, 1825, Rhydding, near Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales English physician, philanthropist, and man of letters. He is known for his Family Shakspeare (1818), in which, by expurgation… …   Universalium

  • BOWDLER, THOMAS —    an English physician; edited expurgated editions of Shakespeare and Gibbon in the interest of moral purity; added in consequence a new term to the English language, Bowdlerism (1754 1825) …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • Bowdler, Thomas — (1754 1825)    Editor of The Family Shakespeare, b. near Bath, s. of a gentleman of independent fortune, studied medicine at St. Andrews and at Edin., where he took his degree in 1776, but did not practise, devoting himself instead to the cause… …   Short biographical dictionary of English literature

  • Thomas Bowdler — (* 11. Juli 1754 in der Nähe von Bath; † 24. Februar 1825 in Wales) war ein englischer Arzt, der eine nach moralischen Zensurkriterien bereinigte Ausgabe der Werke von William Shakespeare veröffentlichte. Dieses Vorgehen rief unter Zeitgenossen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Bowdler — Thomas Bowdler (* 11. Juli 1754 in der Nähe von Bath; † 24. Februar 1825 in Wales) war ein englischer Arzt, der eine nach moralischen Zensurkriterien bereinigte Ausgabe der Werke von William Shakespeare veröffentlichte. Dieses Vorgehen rief unter …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Thomas — /tom euhs/ for 1, 2, 4 14; /taw mah / for 3, n. 1. an apostle who demanded proof of Christ s Resurrection. John 20:24 29. 2. Augustus, 1857 1934, U.S. playwright, journalist, and actor. 3. (Charles Louis) Ambroise /shannrddl lwee ahonn brddwannz… …   Universalium

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