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crl-16024	Dickey, Timothy J.	Pearson, David. Books as History: The Importance of Books beyond Their Texts. Reviewed by Timothy J. Dickey	2009-07-01	9	.pdf	application/pdf	5714	284	53	There are many such explications of book illustrations that demonstrate how art can inform one’s interpretation of Shakespeare’s plays. Sillars does not deny the importance of this line of criti- cism, but he wishes to look at play texts as objects in their own right: rather than con- sidering the visual elements of the plays as performed on stage, he wants to examine 404 College & Research Libraries July 2009 the book as its own kind of “Theatrum,” or arena for performance, parallel to the plays as acted.	cache/crl-16024.pdf	txt/crl-16024.txt