当我们不再依靠固定文学对象的神话,我们可以做些什么?什么是莎士比亚戏剧的权威文本?这是一个可以触及出版本质的有趣问题。在编辑过程中,我们会创造出一个神话体系的印象,那就是这些戏剧中存在着一个精心打造的、一以贯之的稳定文本,这使得这些戏剧成为一种静态的文学客体。但我对找到一个假定的莎士比亚权威文本是否有意义,深表怀疑。莎士比亚的戏剧,首先也是最重要的,就是它们要在舞台上为观众表演, What can we do when we no longer rely on the myth of fixed literary objects? What is the authoritative text of Shakespearean drama? This is an interesting question that touches on the nature of publishing. In the process of editing, we create the impression that a mythological system exists in which the elaborate and consistent texts in these plays make these plays a static literary object. But I have deep doubts as to whether it makes sense to find a hypothetical text of Shakespeare’s authority. Shakespeare’s drama, first and foremost, is that they have to perform on the stage for the audience,