'Counterfeiting' Shakespeare: Evidence, Authorship and John Ford's Funerall Elegye'Counterfeiting' Shakespeare addresses the fundamental issue of what Shakespeare actually wrote, and how this is determined. In recent years his authorship has been claimed for two poems, the lyric 'Shall I die?' and A Funerall Elegye. These attributions have been accepted into certain major editions of Shakespeare's works but Brian Vickers argues that both attributions rest on superficial verbal parallels; both use too small a sample, ignore negative evidence, and violate basic principles in authorship studies. Through a fresh examination of the evidence, Professor Vickers shows that neither poem has the stylistic and imaginative qualities we associate with Shakespeare. In other words, they are 'counterfeits', in the sense of anonymously authored works wrongly presented as Shakespeare's. He argues that the poet and dramatist John Ford wrote the Elegye: its poetical language (vocabulary, syntax, prosody) is indistinguishable from Ford's, and it contains several hundred close parallels with his work. By combining linguistic and statistical analysis this book makes an important contribution to authorship studies. |
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... given in full in the text or notes . Those referred to more often are listed in the Bibliography ( pp . 554ff ) , and are cited in the short form , e.g. , ' Greg 1955 ' . Journal titles are always abbreviated , as are some books , as ...
... given in full in the text or notes . Those referred to more often are listed in the Bibliography ( pp . 554ff ) , and are cited in the short form , e.g. , ' Greg 1955 ' . Journal titles are always abbreviated , as are some books , as ...
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... given above . ) 6 binds me her servant : ' bind me to your highness ' service ' ( 3 Henry VI 3.2.43 ) 8 joying never : never joy'd ' ( 1 Henry IV 2.1.13 ) 9 vent my lust : ' vent our love ' ( Shrew 1.2.178 ) ; ' Free vent of words ...
... given above . ) 6 binds me her servant : ' bind me to your highness ' service ' ( 3 Henry VI 3.2.43 ) 8 joying never : never joy'd ' ( 1 Henry IV 2.1.13 ) 9 vent my lust : ' vent our love ' ( Shrew 1.2.178 ) ; ' Free vent of words ...
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... given . As Muriel St Clare Byrne spelled them out in a classic essay , verbal parallels may reveal ( a ) unsuspected identity of authorship , ( b ) plagiarism , either deliberate or unconscious , ( c ) coincidence'.27 Scholars citing ...
... given . As Muriel St Clare Byrne spelled them out in a classic essay , verbal parallels may reveal ( a ) unsuspected identity of authorship , ( b ) plagiarism , either deliberate or unconscious , ( c ) coincidence'.27 Scholars citing ...
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... given little thought to the possible weaknesses of his methodology . Those weaknesses were instantly exposed , however , in an essay by Robin Robbins , invited by the TLS editors to broach ' the counter - arguments ' in the same issue ...
... given little thought to the possible weaknesses of his methodology . Those weaknesses were instantly exposed , however , in an essay by Robin Robbins , invited by the TLS editors to broach ' the counter - arguments ' in the same issue ...
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Contents
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PART I Donald Fosters Shakespearean construct | 55 |
PART II John Fords Funerall Elegye | 261 |
Appendices | 467 |
Notes | 509 |
Bibliography | 554 |
Index | 563 |
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