Brief Chronicles:: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Authorship Studies VI (2015)

Brief Chronicles is a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary academic journal dedicated to examining the Shakespeare authorship question and more generally topics in early modern authorship studies. Sponsored by the Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship, Brief Chronicles was established in 2009 and is included in the MLA International Bibliography and World Shakespeare Bibliography databases. General Editor: Roger A. Stritmatter, Ph.D., Coppin State University Managing Editor: Michael Delahoyde, Ph.D., Washington State University Volume 6 of Brief Chronicles features the following authors and topics: Articles • From the Pulpit: A Few Home Truths — A British Introduction, Alexander Waugh • Sisyphus and the Globe: Turning (on) the Media, Don Rubin • Biography, Genius, and Inspiration, Bernd Brackmann • Strat Stats Fail to Prove that ‘Shakspere’ is Another Spelling of ‘Shakespeare,’ Richard F. Whalen • Arms and Letters and the Name “William Shake-speare,” Robert Detobel • The Use of State Power To Hide Edward de Vere’s Authorship of the Works Attributed to “William Shake-speare,” James Warren • Chaucer Lost and Found in Shakespeare’s Histories, Jacob Hughes • A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Shakespeare’s Aristophanic Comedy, Earl Showerman • Mark Twain and “Shake-Speare”: Soul Mates, James Norwood • Ben Jonson and the Drummond “Informations”: Why It Matters, Richard Malim Reviews • Was William Scott a Plagiarist? A Review of Scott’s The Model of Poesie, reviewed by Richard Waugaman • Dr. Magri’s Bow and Quiver: Such Fruits Out of Italy: The Italian Renaissance in Shakespeare’s Plays and Poems, reviewed by William Ray • Towards a Pragmatechnic Shakespeare Studies: A Review-Essay on U. Cambridge’s Shakespeare and the Digital World, reviewed by Michael Dudley