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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 May 2015
      16 April 2015
      ISBN:
      9781316156216
      9781107096172
      9781107479982
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316156216
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.53kg, 272 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.4kg, 272 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Literature, Renaissance and Early Modern Literature
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    In addition to the thirty-six plays of the First Folio, some eighty plays have been attributed in whole or part to William Shakespeare, yet most are rarely read, performed or discussed. This book, the first to confront the implications of the 'Shakespeare Apocrypha', asks how and why these plays have historically been excluded from the canon. Innovatively combining approaches from book history, theatre history, attribution studies and canon theory, Peter Kirwan unveils the historical assumptions and principles that shaped the construction of the Shakespeare canon. Case studies treat plays such as Sir Thomas More, Edward III, Arden of Faversham, Mucedorus, Double Falsehood and A Yorkshire Tragedy, showing how the plays' contested 'Shakespearean' status has shaped their fortunes. Kirwan's book rethinks the impact of authorial canons on the treatment of anonymous and disputed plays.

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    'In this smart and timely book, Kirwan returns Shakespeare’s apocryphal plays to their original habitat, namely, the repertory of a commercial playing company; thus relocated, the plays may be appraised as they were in their own time: on market value, not authorship.'

    Roslyn L. Knutson - University of Arkansas

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