{"id":56,"date":"2017-07-31T14:39:03","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T14:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/exhibits\/blue\/?page_id=56"},"modified":"2017-08-10T17:08:29","modified_gmt":"2017-08-10T17:08:29","slug":"pr2991-h4","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/exhibits\/blue\/pr2991-h4\/","title":{"rendered":"PR2991. H4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>The Heroines of Shakespeare: Comprising the principal female characters in the plays of the great poet. (19th century)<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>By the mid-19th century, the book production of William Shakespeare volumes was ubiquitous, due in no small measure to the development of the steam-powered printing press.\u00a0 Editions of the Bard\u2019s plays and sonnets were extremely popular and available cheaply, as well as in expensive editions for a wealthier trade.\u00a0 Beyond the plays themselves, several books were published \u201cabout\u201d Shakespeare and his characters, this particular 1858 volume being just one example.\u00a0 The Boston firm of Phillips, Sampson &amp; Company published The Heroines of Shakespeare, using a gaudy embossed blue cloth binding with gold.\u00a0 The intent was to appeal to buyers that the book was luxurious and would speak to their own sophistication.<\/p>\n<div id=\"envira-gallery-wrap-263\" class=\"envira-gallery-wrap envira-gallery-theme-base envira-lightbox-theme-base\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"><div data-row-height=\"\" data-gallery-theme=\"\" id=\"envira-gallery-263\" class=\"envira-gallery-public  envira-gallery-1-columns envira-clear enviratope envira-gallery-css-animations\" data-envira-columns=\"1\"><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-264\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-1\" style=\"padding-left: 5px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-right: 5px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"http:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/exhibits\/blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2017\/08\/PR2991.H4-1858_Shakespeare-Heroines_1.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-263 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery263\" title=\"\" data-envira-caption=\"\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><div class=\"envira-lazy\" data-test-width=\"960\" data-test-height=\"300\" style=\"padding-bottom:31.25%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"envira-gallery-image-264\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-1\" data-envira-index=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/exhibits\/blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2017\/08\/PR2991.H4-1858_Shakespeare-Heroines_1-636x1024-960x300.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/exhibits\/blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2017\/08\/PR2991.H4-1858_Shakespeare-Heroines_1-636x1024-960x300.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"263\" data-envira-item-id=\"264\" data-envira-caption=\"\" alt=\"Shakespeare&#039;s Heroines\" title=\"\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/exhibits\/blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2017\/08\/PR2991.H4-1858_Shakespeare-Heroines_1-636x1024-960x300.jpg 400w,https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/exhibits\/blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2017\/08\/PR2991.H4-1858_Shakespeare-Heroines_1-636x1024-960x300.jpg 2x\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/exhibits\/blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2017\/08\/PR2991.H4-1858_Shakespeare-Heroines_1.jpg\" alt=\"Shakespeare&#039;s Heroines\" \/><\/noscript>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Heroines of Shakespeare: Comprising the principal female characters in the plays of the great poet. 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