Volume 69, Issue 4
Attribution scholarship goes back to the beginning of Shakespeare studies, but its presence has increased dramatically in recent work. When, in 2002, Brian Vickers began Shakespeare, Co-Author with the pronouncement that “No issue in Shakespeare studies is more important than determining what he wrote,” some readers might have thought he was overstating his case, but...
Read moreThis essay argues that the Christianized popular astrology of the early modern English printed almanac provided Shakespeare a powerful intellectual construct through which to explore the relationship between nature, man, and the divine in King Lear. Though Edmund’s depiction of astrology as superstitious and deterministic has often been critically accepted,...
Read moreAttribution scholarship goes back to the beginning of Shakespeare studies, but its presence has increased dramatically in recent work. When, in 2002, Brian Vickers began Shakespeare, Co-Author with the pronouncement that “No issue in Shakespeare studies is more important than determining what he wrote,” some readers might have thought he was overstating his case, but...
Read moreEdited by: Gordon McMullan, Philip Mead, et al
Reviewed by: David Carnegie
Edited by: Stephen O'Neill
Reviewed by: Louise Geddes
Written by: Jennifer Barnes
Reviewed by: Laury Magnus
Written by: Bernadette Andrea
Reviewed by: Nedda Mehdizadeh
Written by: Miranda Kaufmann
Reviewed by: Noémie Ndiaye