‘Give Place You Ladies’ and the ‘Joseph Hall’ miscellany forgeries

“Forged literature is, moreover, a realm of the fantastic, in which stories lie embedded within other stories, works unfold within other works; in which fictions, dreams, and ghosts perpetually interfere with the order of things; in which time is forever unravelling backwards into a dark abysm in the fruitless search for origins; and of course… | Read on »

Echoes and Imitations in Early Modern Manuscripts: Flattery or Farce?

Kyle Dase “Investigating misascribed works might only rarely lead us to add a literary piece to an author’s canon. But such research can quite frequently lead us to insights about early modern England, its writers, its readers, and their reception of particular authors – not bad for dubious company.” – Lara Crowley, “Attribution and Anonymity,” 147…. | Read on »