R Stylo and the authorship determination of Henry V.

Over 25 years, Thomas Merriam has argued that Henry V was co-authored by Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe, and in his most recent publication 'Is it time to reconsider Henry V ' (2023), he established differences in word length, which gives clear evidence. This article makes use of the R Stylo su...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Publicado en:Digital Scholarship in the Humanities Vol. 38; no. 4; pp. 1577 - 1582
Autor principal: Ilsemann, Hartmut
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA Dec2023
Materias:
Acceso en línea:Ver este registro en EBSCOhost
Descripción
Sumario:Over 25 years, Thomas Merriam has argued that Henry V was co-authored by Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe, and in his most recent publication 'Is it time to reconsider Henry V ' (2023), he established differences in word length, which gives clear evidence. This article makes use of the R Stylo suite of stylometric tools and employs the Rolling Delta, Rolling Classify, and the General Imposters methods, all of which obtain the same result that Shakespeare used a Marlowe pretext in his composition of Henry V.