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John Payne Collier: Scholarship and Forgery in the Nineteenth Century

By Arthur Freeman , Janet Ing Freeman

Book information

Publisher
Yale University Press
Year
2004
ISBN
0300096615, 9780300096613, 9780300133301
LCC
PR2951 .F74 2003
Open Library ID
OL10318831M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (3985990 bytes)
Edition
annotated edition
Pages
863\863
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

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.

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