Hugh Craig

Brett Hirsch

This eighth volume of The Shakespearean International Yearbook presents a special section on 'European Shakespeares', proceeding from the claim that Shakespeare's literary craft was not just native English or British, but was filtered and fashioned through a Renaissance awareness that needs to be recognized as European, and that has had effects and afterlives across the Continent. Guest editors Ton Hoenselaars and Clara Calvo have constructed this section to highlight both how the spread of 'Shakespeare' throughout Europe has brought together the energies of a wide variety of European cultures across several centuries, and how the inclusion of Shakespeare in European culture has been not only a European but also a world affair. The Shakespearean International Yearbook continues to provide an annual survey of important issues and developments in contemporary Shakespeare studies. Contributors to this issue come from the US and the UK, Spain, Switzerland and South Africa, Canada, The Netherlands, India, Portugal, Greece, France, and Hungary. In addition to the section on European Shakespeares, this volume includes essays on the genre of romance, issues of character, and other topics.

Volume 14: Special Section, Digital Shakespeares

The Shakespearean International Yearbook

Based Upon the Writings of the Eminent Naturalists, Audubon, Wallace, Brehm, Wood and Others

The Animal Kingdom

Containing Full and Interesting Descriptions of the Animal Kingdom : Based Upon the Writings of the Eminent Naturalists Audubon, Wallace, Brehm, Wood, and Others

Johnson's Household Book of Nature

Livy

Charles Anthon

Titi Livi AB Urbe Condita Libri I. II. XXI. Et XXII

Arthur F. Kinney

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.

Shakespeare, Computers, and the Mystery of Authorship

Giving a Full Account of Twenty Years in the National Capital

The Biography and Public Services of Hon James G. Blaine

Greatley-hirsch

This book uses computational methods and statistical analysis to challenge traditional assumptions about the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries.

Beyond Authorship

Style, Computers, and Early Modern Drama

Hugh Craig

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