Shakespeare & Collaborative Writing

Shakespeare and Collaborative Writing explores Shakespeare's artistic development in collaboration with other dramatists, reshaping our understanding of his creative artist and challenging him to adapt and experiment with his writing.

Format: Hardback
Length: 240 pages
Publication date: 30 June 2023
Publisher: Oxford University Press

Shakespeare and Collaborative Writing provides a comprehensive exploration of Shakespeare's artistic evolution, encompassing his engagement with, opposition to, and transcendence of collaboration. Through this insightful book, we gain a fresh perspective on Shakespeare as a poetic innovator who continually evolves and remains in artistic debt, shaped by the influence of others within a dynamic network of intellectual influence and reciprocal exchange. The author argues that Shakespeare actively contributed to the development of collaboration in the early stages of his career, significantly altering our understanding of his creative development.

Chapters that delve into collaboration through theatre history, book history, and attribution debates enrich the central three chapters that detail the various phases of Shakespeare's collaborative work. These chapters challenge our evolving perceptions of what it meant to Shakespeare and the benefits he derived from these partnerships at pivotal moments in his artistic journey. By reconstructing the circumstances and outcomes of his collaborations with other dramatists and examining their artistic contributions in greater detail, Shakespeare and Collaborative Writing reconsiders the ways in which they influenced and pushed him to adapt and experiment with his writing in ways that extend beyond the confines of his solo-authored canon.

Through a rigorous appreciation of the structures and poetics of his co-authored works, this book presents them as distinctive artistic creations that redefine our understanding of Shakespeare as a poet, dramatist, and enduring cultural icon. By delving into the collaborative processes and the interplay of artistic voices, Shakespeare and Collaborative Writing offers a profound exploration of Shakespeare's creative genius and his enduring impact on the world of literature and drama.

Weight: 306g
Dimension: 210 x 143 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780198819639