Book contents
- Early Shakespeare, 1588–1594
- Early Shakespeare, 1588–1594
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction Beginning with Shakespeare
- Chapter 1 Shakespeare and the Idea of Early Authorship
- Chapter 2 Collaboration and Shakespeare’s Early Career
- Chapter 3 The Language and Style of Early Shakespeare
- Chapter 4 Shakespeare’s Early Verse Style
- Chapter 5 Early Shakespeare, Chaucer, and Narrative Theory:
- Chapter 6 Poetry, Counsel, and Coercion in Shakespeare’s Early History Plays
- Chapter 7 John Lyly and Shakespeare’s Early Career
- Chapter 8 Spenser and Shakespeare: Bards of a Feather?
- Chapter 9 Arden of Faversham, Richard Burbage, and the Early Shakespeare Canon
- Chapter 10 Boy Parts in Early Shakespeare
- Chapter 11 The Origins of Richard Duke of York
- Chapter 12 Early Shakespeare and the Authorship of The Taming of the Shrew
- Chapter 13 Who Read What When?
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- Select Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 12 - Early Shakespeare and the Authorship of The Taming of the Shrew
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 April 2020
- Early Shakespeare, 1588–1594
- Early Shakespeare, 1588–1594
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction Beginning with Shakespeare
- Chapter 1 Shakespeare and the Idea of Early Authorship
- Chapter 2 Collaboration and Shakespeare’s Early Career
- Chapter 3 The Language and Style of Early Shakespeare
- Chapter 4 Shakespeare’s Early Verse Style
- Chapter 5 Early Shakespeare, Chaucer, and Narrative Theory:
- Chapter 6 Poetry, Counsel, and Coercion in Shakespeare’s Early History Plays
- Chapter 7 John Lyly and Shakespeare’s Early Career
- Chapter 8 Spenser and Shakespeare: Bards of a Feather?
- Chapter 9 Arden of Faversham, Richard Burbage, and the Early Shakespeare Canon
- Chapter 10 Boy Parts in Early Shakespeare
- Chapter 11 The Origins of Richard Duke of York
- Chapter 12 Early Shakespeare and the Authorship of The Taming of the Shrew
- Chapter 13 Who Read What When?
- Book part
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Along with 1, 2, 3 Henry VI and Titus Andronicus – plays that have been at the centre of debates surrounding Shakespeare’s canon and chronology since Malone – scholars have acknowledged, or suspected, the presence of someone other than Shakespeare in The Taming of The Shrew since the 18th century. There is thus a historical consensus regarding these other collaborations, but what about The Shrew? Unlike the Henry VI plays and Titus Andronicus (and more recently Arden and Edward III) there has been no recent attempt to validate or discredit claims for collaboration in this play. This designates The Shrew as the only early play recognized by early commentators as potentially collaborative that has not yet been systematically investigated for the presence of someone other than Shakespeare.
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- Early Shakespeare, 1588–1594 , pp. 261 - 283Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020