Author: Arthur Freeman
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300133308
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
John Payne Collier (1789–1883), one of the most controversial figures in the history of literary scholarship, pursued a double career. A prolific and highly influential writer on the drama, poetry, and popular prose of Shakespeare’s age, Collier was at the same time the promulgator of a great body of forgeries and false evidence, seriously affecting the text and biography of Shakespeare and many others. This monumental two-volume work for the first time addresses the whole of Collier’s activity, systematically sorting out his genuine achievements from his impostures. Arthur and Janet Freeman reassess the scholar-forger’s long life, milieu, and relations with a large circle of associates and rivals while presenting a chronological bibliography of his extensive publications, all fully annotated with regard to their creditability. The authors also survey the broader history of literary forgery in Great Britain and consider why so talented a man not only yielded to its temptations but also persisted in it throughout his life.
John Payne Collier
Author: Arthur Freeman
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300133308
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
John Payne Collier (1789–1883), one of the most controversial figures in the history of literary scholarship, pursued a double career. A prolific and highly influential writer on the drama, poetry, and popular prose of Shakespeare’s age, Collier was at the same time the promulgator of a great body of forgeries and false evidence, seriously affecting the text and biography of Shakespeare and many others. This monumental two-volume work for the first time addresses the whole of Collier’s activity, systematically sorting out his genuine achievements from his impostures. Arthur and Janet Freeman reassess the scholar-forger’s long life, milieu, and relations with a large circle of associates and rivals while presenting a chronological bibliography of his extensive publications, all fully annotated with regard to their creditability. The authors also survey the broader history of literary forgery in Great Britain and consider why so talented a man not only yielded to its temptations but also persisted in it throughout his life.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300133308
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
John Payne Collier (1789–1883), one of the most controversial figures in the history of literary scholarship, pursued a double career. A prolific and highly influential writer on the drama, poetry, and popular prose of Shakespeare’s age, Collier was at the same time the promulgator of a great body of forgeries and false evidence, seriously affecting the text and biography of Shakespeare and many others. This monumental two-volume work for the first time addresses the whole of Collier’s activity, systematically sorting out his genuine achievements from his impostures. Arthur and Janet Freeman reassess the scholar-forger’s long life, milieu, and relations with a large circle of associates and rivals while presenting a chronological bibliography of his extensive publications, all fully annotated with regard to their creditability. The authors also survey the broader history of literary forgery in Great Britain and consider why so talented a man not only yielded to its temptations but also persisted in it throughout his life.
The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature
Author: William Thomas Lowndes
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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Johnson's New Universal Cyclopaedia: S-Z
Author: Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 916
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 916
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Catalogue of the Shakespearean and Miscellaneous Library
Author: Frederick S. Tallmadge
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Languages : en
Pages : 96
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Languages : en
Pages : 96
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Johnson's Univeral Cyclopædia
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 888
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 888
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The Cambridge History of English Literature
Author: Sir Adolphus William Ward
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 526
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 526
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The Cambridge History of English Litterature
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Languages : en
Pages : 536
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Languages : en
Pages : 536
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The Cambridge History of English Literature: The drama to 1642
Author: Sir Adolphus William Ward
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 592
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 592
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Catalogues of Items for Auction by Messrs. Leigh Sotheby & John Wilkinson, 1840-1870
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Languages : en
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A Catalogue of Books on Shakespeare & the Drama...
Author: Albert Sutton
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Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Languages : en
Pages : 32
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