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Authorship Candidates for Arden of Faversham: Kyd, Shakespeare, and Thomas Watson

Authorship Candidates for Arden of Faversham: Kyd, Shakespeare, and Thomas Watson <p>Abstract:</p><p>In the first half of the twentieth century, five scholars working in four different languages ascribed the anonymous 1592 tragedy <i>Arden of Faversham</i> to Thomas Kyd. Since 1963, however, attribution studies of <i>Arden</i> have been dominated by the influence of MacDonald P. Jackson, who has repeatedly rejected Kyd while attributing sections of the play to William Shakespeare. Thanks to Jackson, the play was included in <i>The New Oxford Shakespeare</i>, and a new search for potential coauthors has nominated a wide range of candidates. <i>The New Oxford Shakespeare</i>&apos;s general editor, Gary Taylor, has published two essays claiming Thomas Watson as coauthor of <i>Arden</i>, one based on stylometric evidence and another arguing from literary and theatrical history. In this essay, I evaluate the methods Taylor has used to reach this conclusion and reconsider the merits of the evidence he has deployed, arguing against Watson&apos;s authorship of <i>Arden</i> and offering a renewed case for viewing Kyd as the play&apos;s author.</p> http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Studies in Philology University of North Carolina Press

Authorship Candidates for Arden of Faversham: Kyd, Shakespeare, and Thomas Watson

Studies in Philology , Volume 118 (2) – Mar 31, 2021

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Abstract

<p>Abstract:</p><p>In the first half of the twentieth century, five scholars working in four different languages ascribed the anonymous 1592 tragedy <i>Arden of Faversham</i> to Thomas Kyd. Since 1963, however, attribution studies of <i>Arden</i> have been dominated by the influence of MacDonald P. Jackson, who has repeatedly rejected Kyd while attributing sections of the play to William Shakespeare. Thanks to Jackson, the play was included in <i>The New Oxford Shakespeare</i>, and a new search for potential coauthors has nominated a wide range of candidates. <i>The New Oxford Shakespeare</i>&apos;s general editor, Gary Taylor, has published two essays claiming Thomas Watson as coauthor of <i>Arden</i>, one based on stylometric evidence and another arguing from literary and theatrical history. In this essay, I evaluate the methods Taylor has used to reach this conclusion and reconsider the merits of the evidence he has deployed, arguing against Watson&apos;s authorship of <i>Arden</i> and offering a renewed case for viewing Kyd as the play&apos;s author.</p>

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Studies in PhilologyUniversity of North Carolina Press

Published: Mar 31, 2021

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