UID:
almafu_9960119833302883
Umfang:
1 online resource (xix, 188 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
0-511-51894-3
Inhalt:
This book introduces a method for determining the authorship of Renaissance plays. Based on the rapid rate of change in English grammar in the late sixteenth- and early-seventeenth centuries, socio-historical linguistic evidence allows us to distinguish the hands of Renaissance playwrights within play texts. The present study focuses on Shakespeare: his collaborations with Fletcher and Middleton; and the apocryphal plays. Among the plays examined are Henry VIII, The Two Noble Kinsmen, Macbeth, Pericles and Sir Thomas More. The findings of the book allow us to be more confident about the divisions of the collaborative plays, and confirm the status of Edward III as a strong candidate for inclusion in the canon. Using graphs to present statistical data in a readily comprehensible form, the book also contains a wealth of information about the history of the English language during a period of rapid and far-reaching change.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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1. Introduction -- 2. The auxiliary 'do' -- 3. Relative markers -- 4. 'Thou' and 'you' -- 5. Shakespeare as collaborator. The Shakespeare-Fletcher collaborations. The Shakespeare-Middleton collaborations -- 6. The Shakespeare apocrypha. The 1664 folio plays. Other apocryphal plays -- 7. Summary of findings.
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-521-03386-1
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-521-41737-6
Sprache:
Englisch
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511518942
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