Henry Chettle existed on the insecure fringes of sixteenth-century literary culture. He followed a career that embraced printing, editing, pamphleteering, and playwriting. His prose works reflect a se...
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In the following essay, the anonymous critic analyzes the evidence that Greene's Groatsworth of Wit is a forgery perpetrated by Chettle.
Last April 1969 what may turn out to be one of the th...
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In the following essay, Austin offers linguistic evidence for the hypothesis that Chettle forged Greene's Groatsworth of Wit.
Since completing the computer-aided linguistic analysis, I have ...
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In the following essay, Jowett examines the evidence for the claim that Chettle authored Greene's Groatsworth of Wit before establishing a context for his authorship and confronting those criti...
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In the following essay, Jowett collates and consolidates critical work done on Chettle after 1934 to present a sketch of the man and his work, discussing his early writings, his relationship with John...
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In the following essay, Jowett discusses Chettle's contribution to the play Sir Thomas More, his involvement in Romeo and Juliet, the plays he wrote in collaboration with others, his work on Th...
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In the following essay, Kahan disputes the claim made by other scholars that Chettle was the editor of the 1597 edition of Romeo and Juliet.
According to Gary Taylor, the ultimate aim of a Shakespe...
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In the following essay, Burnett offers a detailed reading of Piers Plainness' Seven Years' Apprenticeship, arguing that the work has a densely allusive design, explores important topical...
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In the following essay, Erne denies claims that Chettle apologized to Shakespeare for Greene's attacks.
Our image of Shakespeare at the beginning of his dramatic career in London is strongly...
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