Counterfeiting Shakespeare : evidence, authorship, and John Ford's Funerall elegye / Brian Vickers.
Brian Vickers examines the issue of what Shakespeare actually wrote, and how this is determined. Shakespeare's authorship has been claimed for two poems, 'Shall I die?' and A Funerall Elegye. Vickers shows that neither has the requisite stylistic and imaginative qualities. In other wo...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2002.
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| Summary: | Brian Vickers examines the issue of what Shakespeare actually wrote, and how this is determined. Shakespeare's authorship has been claimed for two poems, 'Shall I die?' and A Funerall Elegye. Vickers shows that neither has the requisite stylistic and imaginative qualities. In other words, they are 'counterfeits', in the sense of anonymously authored works wrongly presented as Shakespeare's. He identifies John Ford as author of the Elegye. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxvii, 568 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 554-562) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511066716 9780511066719 0511068840 9780511068843 0511118430 9780511118432 9780521772433 0521772435 9780511484049 0511484046 1280160195 9781280160196 9780521120357 0521120357 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |