'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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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... sense of presenting anonymously authored work as Shakespeare's . The highly publicized ' discoveries ' made by Taylor and Foster are , I suggest , ' counterfeits ' of the authentic work . I believe that neither poem has any claim to be ...
... sense of presenting anonymously authored work as Shakespeare's . The highly publicized ' discoveries ' made by Taylor and Foster are , I suggest , ' counterfeits ' of the authentic work . I believe that neither poem has any claim to be ...
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... sense . But a less narrow reading experience of English drama , or the Bible , would have prevented both errors ( see chapter 3 ) . Foster seems to have considered only evidence supporting his claim . He made a special point about the ...
... sense . But a less narrow reading experience of English drama , or the Bible , would have prevented both errors ( see chapter 3 ) . Foster seems to have considered only evidence supporting his claim . He made a special point about the ...
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... abstract manner , giving no sense of the deceased's individuality , and getting some biographical details wrong . Unlike any of Shakespeare's writings , it includes a long theological discussion of Christ's Preface XV.
... abstract manner , giving no sense of the deceased's individuality , and getting some biographical details wrong . Unlike any of Shakespeare's writings , it includes a long theological discussion of Christ's Preface XV.
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... senses As amaz'd I gaz'd On more then a mortall complection then that loue , can prove 40 Such force in beawties inflection 45 50 6 Next her haire forehead faire Smooth and high next doth lye / without wrinckle Her faire browes vnder ...
... senses As amaz'd I gaz'd On more then a mortall complection then that loue , can prove 40 Such force in beawties inflection 45 50 6 Next her haire forehead faire Smooth and high next doth lye / without wrinckle Her faire browes vnder ...
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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'Counterfeiting' Shakespeare: Evidence, Authorship and John Ford's Funerall ... Brian Vickers No preview available - 2009 |
'Counterfeiting' Shakespeare: Evidence, Authorship and John Ford's Funerall ... Brian Vickers No preview available - 2002 |
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