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'Don Foster's "invention" by computer of an additional Shakespearean poem
some years ago was rightly demolished by Ron Rosenbaum'. (posting by DN)
Once again on a question of Shakespearean authorship, I suggest 'wait and
see'. I believe Don Foster is to return to the subject. I believe Richard
Abrams will too. The Ford attribution is beset with difficulties. There are
indeed many of his stylistic tricks in the poem, arrived at by the same kind
of 'computer analysis' that was used to attribute the poem to Shakespeare,
but the phrasing and tone of the preface, and the content of the poem (see
Upstart Crow 22, 2002), do not match his biographical profile. Joint
authorship, as half-indicated in Giles Monsarrat's analysis, may prove the
answer.
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some years ago was rightly demolished by Ron Rosenbaum'. (posting by DN)
Once again on a question of Shakespearean authorship, I suggest 'wait and
see'. I believe Don Foster is to return to the subject. I believe Richard
Abrams will too. The Ford attribution is beset with difficulties. There are
indeed many of his stylistic tricks in the poem, arrived at by the same kind
of 'computer analysis' that was used to attribute the poem to Shakespeare,
but the phrasing and tone of the preface, and the content of the poem (see
Upstart Crow 22, 2002), do not match his biographical profile. Joint
authorship, as half-indicated in Giles Monsarrat's analysis, may prove the
answer.
Penny.
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