Non-Traditional Authorship Attribution Studies of William Shakespeare’s Canon: Some Caveats
The paper looks at the problems in conducting non-traditional authorship attribution studies on the canon of William Shakespeare. After a short introduction, the case is put forth that these studies are ‘scientific’ and must adhere to the tenets of the scientific method. By showing that a complete a...
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| description | The paper looks at the problems in conducting non-traditional authorship attribution studies on the canon of William Shakespeare. After a short introduction, the case is put forth that these studies are ‘scientific’ and must adhere to the tenets of the scientific method. By showing that a complete and valid experimental plan is necessary and pointing out the many and varied pitfalls (e.g., the text, the control groups, the treatment of errors), it becomes clear what a valid study of Shakespearean non-traditional authorship attribution demands. I then come to the conclusion that such a valid study is not attainable with the limits of present-day knowledge. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8449b2cdcbdf44898a652b3fc29868292022-12-22T00:46:40ZengFirenze University PressJournal of Early Modern Studies2279-71492016-03-01510.13128/JEMS-2279-7149-1809415132Non-Traditional Authorship Attribution Studies of William Shakespeare’s Canon: Some CaveatsJoseph Rudman0Laboratorio editoriale OA / Dip. LILSIThe paper looks at the problems in conducting non-traditional authorship attribution studies on the canon of William Shakespeare. After a short introduction, the case is put forth that these studies are ‘scientific’ and must adhere to the tenets of the scientific method. By showing that a complete and valid experimental plan is necessary and pointing out the many and varied pitfalls (e.g., the text, the control groups, the treatment of errors), it becomes clear what a valid study of Shakespearean non-traditional authorship attribution demands. I then come to the conclusion that such a valid study is not attainable with the limits of present-day knowledge.https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/bsfm-jems/article/view/7065AttributionAuthorshipShakespeareStatistics |
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| title | Non-Traditional Authorship Attribution Studies of William Shakespeare’s Canon: Some Caveats |
| title_full | Non-Traditional Authorship Attribution Studies of William Shakespeare’s Canon: Some Caveats |
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| title_short | Non-Traditional Authorship Attribution Studies of William Shakespeare’s Canon: Some Caveats |
| title_sort | non traditional authorship attribution studies of william shakespeare s canon some caveats |
| topic | Attribution Authorship Shakespeare Statistics |
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