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William Shakespeare: A Question of Authorship

Posted on August 23, 2016 by admin

“wrote for spectators and cared nothing for publication. To the degree Shakespeare the playwright is an author (rather than a writer), it has been argued, he became so unwittingly, constructed as such by the efforts of the early modern book trade rather than through his own efforts or ambitions.” (Kastan)

Works Cited

• Barber, Rosalind. “Shakespeare Authorship Doubt in 1593.” Critical Survey 21.2 (2009): 83+.
• Brooks, Douglas A. “Sir John Oldcastle and the Construction of Shakespeare’s Authorship.” Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 38.2 (1998): 333+.
• Kastan, David Scott. “”To Think These Trifles Some-Thing”: Shakespearean Playbooks and the Claims of Authorship.” Shakespeare Studies 36 (2008): 37+.
• Price, Diana. “Shakespeare’s Authorship and Questions of Evidence.” Skeptic (Altadena, CA) Winter 2005: 10+.
• Taylor, Gary. “Shakespeare, Computers, and the Mystery of Authorship.” Medieval & Renaissance Drama in England 24 (2011): 198+.

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