TY  - GEN
AU  - Hope,Jonathan
TI  - The authorship of Shakespeare's plays: a socio-linguistic study 
SN  - 0521417376
AV  - PR2937 H65 1994
PY  - 1994///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Shakespeare, William,
KW  - Authorship
KW  - Collaboration
KW  - History
KW  - Drama
KW  - English drama
KW  - Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - 17th century
KW  - English language
KW  - Early modern, 1500-1700
KW  - Grammar
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p.) and index; List of tables and graphs; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Part I. Methodology: 1. Introduction; 2. The auxiliary 'do'; 3. Relative markers; 4. 'Thou' and 'you'; Part II: Applications: 5. Shakespeare as collaborator; 6. The Shakespeare apocrypha; Part III. Conclusion: 7. Summary of findings; Statistical appendix; Bibliography; Index
N2  - 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  -