Words That Count : Essays on Early Modern Authorship in Honor of MacDonald P. Jackson

"Words That Count contributes to ongoing debates about the nature and identity of authorship in early modern England. With its discussion of solo plays and verse, close and distant two-person collaborations, and multi-author collaborations, it widens our understanding of the varied authorial and theatrical practice of the period from the late 1580s to the early 1620s. At the same time, the volume examines the relation of internal and external evidence, and demonstrates old and new methodological principles and research tools that can identify and analyze objective data to ascertain individual and collaborative authorship and thereby launch new volleys of critical questions."--BOOK JACKET. Scholars of English literature from New Zealand, the US. Britain, and Switzerland explore questions of authorship and authority in Marlowe, Peele, Shakespeare, Middleton, Webster, and other playwrights in the period from the 1580s to the 1620s. Distributed in the US by Associated University Presses. Annotation 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) These essays by leading scholars of early modern attribution, editing, theater, and versification focus on questions of authorship, authority, and ownership in Marlowe, Peele, Shakespeare, Middleton, Webster and others.