
Shakespeare, Computers, and the Mystery of Authorship
Arthur F. Kinney
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Description
In this book Craig, Kinney and their collaborators confront the main unsolved mysteries in Shakespeare's canon through computer analysis of Shakespeare's and other writers' styles. In some cases their analysis confirms the current scholarly consensus, bringing long-standing questions to something like a final resolution. In other areas the book provides more surprising conclusions: that Shakespeare wrote the 1602 additions to The Spanish Tragedy, for example, and that Marlowe along with Shakespeare was a collaborator on Henry VI, Parts 1 and 2. The methods used are more wholeheartedly statistical, and computationally more intensive, than any that have yet been applied to Shakespeare studies. The book also reveals how word patterns help create a characteristic personal style. In tackling traditional problems with the aid of the processing power of the computer, harnessed through computer science, and drawing upon large amounts of data, the book is an exemplar of the new domain of digital humanities.
Product Details
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Publish Date | September 21, 2009 |
Pages | 256 |
Language | English |
Type | |
EAN/UPC | 9780521516235 |
Dimensions | 9.0 X 6.2 X 0.8 inches | 1.2 pounds |
Reviews
"Shakespeare, Computers and the Mystery of Authorship, edited by Hugh Craig and Arthur F. Kinney, takes us into a world where probabilities are assessed with mathematical accuracy...Despite the measured and cautious style with which the computational evidence is presented, there is plenty more excitement in this book."
-The Book Collector
"The outstanding achievement of Shakespeare, Computers and the Mystery of Authorship deserves to become a landmark in its field. Not least, it establishes Shakespeare co-authorship on firm grounds."
-Thomas Merriam, Notes and Queries
-The Book Collector
"The outstanding achievement of Shakespeare, Computers and the Mystery of Authorship deserves to become a landmark in its field. Not least, it establishes Shakespeare co-authorship on firm grounds."
-Thomas Merriam, Notes and Queries
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