Counterfeiting Shakespeare

Download or read book 'Counterfeiting' Shakespeare written by Brian Vickers and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-09-19 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brian Vickers examines the issue of what Shakespeare actually wrote, and how this is determined. Shakespeare's authorship has been claimed for two poems, 'Shall I die?' and A Funerall Elegye. Vickers shows that neither has the requisite stylistic and imaginative qualities. In other words, they are 'counterfeits', in the sense of anonymously authored works wrongly presented as Shakespeare's. He identifies John Ford as author of the Elegye.