TY - BOOK ID - 2531628 TI - The authorship of Shakespeare's plays : a socio-linguistic study PY - 1994 SN - 0521417376 0521033861 0511518943 PB - Cambridge New York Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Authorship KW - Drama KW - English drama KW - English language KW - Théâtre anglais KW - Anglais (Langue) KW - Collaboration KW - History KW - History and criticism KW - Grammar KW - Histoire et critique KW - Grammaire KW - Shakespeare, William, KW - Théâtre anglais KW - History. KW - Collaboration. KW - 17th century KW - Shakespeare, William KW - Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 KW - Early modern, 1500-1700 KW - Shakespeare, William, - 1564-1616 - Authorship. KW - English drama - Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 - History and criticism. KW - English language - Early modern, 1500-1700 - Grammar. KW - Authorship - Collaboration - History. KW - Drama - Authorship - History. KW - Arts and Humanities KW - Literature KW - Playwriting KW - Play-writing KW - Authoring (Authorship) KW - Writing (Authorship) KW - Germanic languages KW - History and criticism. KW - Grammar. KW - Technique KW - Shakespear, William, KW - Shakspeare, William, KW - Šekʻspiri, Uiliam, KW - Saixpēr, Gouilliam, KW - Shakspere, William, KW - Shikisbīr, Wilyam, KW - Szekspir, Wiliam, KW - Šekspyras, KW - Shekspir, Vilʹi︠a︡m, KW - Šekspir, Viljem, KW - Tsikinya-chaka, KW - Sha-shih-pi-ya, KW - Shashibiya, KW - Sheḳspir, Ṿilyam, KW - Shaḳspir, Ṿilyam, KW - Syeiksŭpʻio, KW - Shekspir, V. KW - Szekspir, William, KW - Shakespeare, Guglielmo, KW - Shake-speare, William, KW - Sha-ō, KW - Şekspir, KW - Shekspir, Uiliam, KW - Shekspir, U. KW - Šekspir, Vilijam, KW - Ṣēkspiyar, Viliyam, KW - Shakspir, KW - Shekspyr, Vyli︠e︡m, KW - Şekspir, Velyam, KW - Ṣēkspiyar, Villiyam, KW - Shēkʻspʻiyr, Vlilliam, KW - Ṣēkspiyar, KW - Ṣēkspiyar Mahākavi, KW - Ṣēkspiyar Mahākaviya, KW - Sheḳspier, Ṿilyam, KW - Shēkʻspir, KW - Shakespeare, KW - Śeksper, KW - Шекспир, Вильям, KW - Шекспир, Уильям, KW - שייקספיר, וויליאם, KW - שייקספיר, וו., KW - שיקספיר, וויליאם KW - שיקספיר, ויליאם KW - שיקספיר, ויליאם, KW - שכספיר, ויליאם, KW - שכספיר, וילים, KW - שכספיר, ו׳ KW - שעפקספיר, וויליאם, KW - שעקספיער, וויליאם KW - שעקספיער, וויליאם, KW - שעקספיער, ווילליאם KW - שעקספיער, וו., KW - שעקספיר KW - שעקספיר, וו KW - שעקספיר, וויליאם, KW - שעקספיר, וויליאמ KW - שעקספיר, ווילליאם KW - שעקספיר, ווילליאם, KW - שעקספיר, וו., KW - שעקספיר, װיליאם, KW - שעקספיר, װילליאם, KW - שעקספיר, װ., KW - שעקספער KW - שעקספער, וויליאמ KW - שקספיר KW - שקספיר, וו KW - שקספיר, וויליאם KW - שקספיר, וויליאם, KW - שקספיר, ווילים, KW - שקספיר, וילאם KW - שקספיר, ויליאם KW - שקספיר, ויליאם, KW - שקספיר, ויליים, KW - שקספיר, וילים KW - שקספיר, וילים, KW - شاكسبير، وليم KW - شاكسپير، وليم KW - شكسبير، وليام KW - شكسبير، وليم KW - شكسبير، وليم، KW - شكسبير، و. KW - شكسپير، وليم KW - شكسپير، ويليام KW - شيكسبير، وليام KW - شيكسبير، وليام.، KW - شيكسبير، وليم KW - شکسبير، وليم KW - وليم شکسبير KW - 沙士北亞威廉姆, KW - 沙士比亞威廉姆, KW - 莎士比亞威廉姆, KW - 莎士比亞威廉, KW - 莎士比亞, UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:2531628 AB - 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. ER -