Authorship Attribution in Early Modern Drama: A survey of the Shakespeare Apocrypha

Lead Research Organisation: De Montfort University
Department Name: School of Humanities

Abstract

This research aims to answer:
Can we develop a standard authorship attribution method, when approaching unexplored language areas?
What aspects of language are most distinctive of authorship?
What do attribution results infer, regarding the Shakespeare Apocrypha?
Do new discoveries surrounding collaborative writing / revision, require us to reassess our models of authorship?

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