Shakespeare and Authority

Katie Halsey is Senior Lecturer in Eighteenth-Century Literature at the University of Stirling, UK. Previous publications include Jane Austen and her Readers, 1786-1945, The History of Reading (with Shafquat Towheed and Rosalind Crone) and The History of Reading vol. 2: Evidence from the British Isles, 1750-1950 (with Bob Owens).Angus Vine is Lecturer in Early Modern Literature at the University of Stirling, UK. He is the author of In Defiance of Time: Antiquarian Writing in Early Modern England;  Miscellaneous Order: Manuscript Culture and the Organization of Knowledge in Early Modern England (forthcoming) and, with Abigail Shinn, The Copious Text.

• 1. ‘Dressed in a little brief authority’: Authority Before, During, and After Shakespeare’s Plays - Katie Halsey and Angus Vine.- 2. Shakespeare’s Authorities - Colin Burrow.- 3. Inside the Elephant’s Graveyard: Revising Geoffrey Bullough’s Narrative and Dramatic Sources of Shakespeare - John Drakakis.- 4. Author and Authority in the OED: Nashe vs. Shakespeare - Giles Goodland.- 5. “The King’s English” “our English”? Shakespeare and Cultural Ownership - Margaret Tudeau-Clayton.- 6. Foundations of Sovereign Authority - The Example of Shakespearean Political Drama - Eric Heinze.- 7. ‘“A trim reckoning”: Accountability and Authority in 1 and 2 Henry IV’ - Angus Vine.- 8. What’s the matter with the King’s Ring? Sovereignty, Immunity and Trust in All is True - Joseph Sterrett.- 9. ‘Constant in any undertaking’: Writingthe Lipsian State in Measure for Measure -  Daniel Cadman.- 10. ‘Authority and obedience’: Malvolio, Stewardship and the Cowdray Manuscript - Eleanor Lowe.- 11. Poetic Authority in Julius Caesar: The Triumph of the Poet-Playwright-Actor - Laetitia Sansonetti.- 12. The Authority of the Actor in the Eighteenth Century - James Harriman-Smith.- 13. John Soane, Shakespeare and the Authority of Style - Andrew Rudd.- 14. Whose Gothic Bard? Charles Robert Maturin and Contestations of Shakespearean Authority in British/Irish Romantic Culture - Benedicte Seynhaeve and Raphaël Ingelbien.- 15. Authority, Instrumental Reason and the Fault Lines of Modern Civilization in Peter Brook’s Cinematic Rendering of Shakespeare’s King Lear - Paul Tyndall and Fred Ribkoff.- 16. Will Power: Visualising Shakespeare’s Authority in Contemporary Culture - Jane Partner.

“Halsey and Vine remind readers of as much quite early on in Shakespeare and Authority … this book’s altogether comprehensive range, especially in relation to its varying angles of approach and expectation(s).” (David Marx, David Marx Book Reviews, davidmarxbookreviews.wordpress.com, April 23, 2019)“Shakespeare and Authority presents thought-provoking individual chapters and, as such, is a valuable contribution to the flourishing field of Shakespeare studies. More specifically aimed at Shakespeare scholars and specialists of the early modern period, it will undoubtedly enlarge theirvision of Shakespeare as poet and playwright now turned into one of the greatest artistic influences of our century.” (Sophie Chiari, cercles.com, June, 2018)