Shakespeare Statistics      

painted in oil by Jan Ilsemann, 64x74 cm, 2004

logo leibnizSTATISTICS of
plays by William Shakespeare

supplemented by 180 Renaissance / Jacobean plays and 20 plays from other periods
compiled by Hartmut Ilsemann
English Department of Hannover University
Englisches Seminar der Leibniz-Universität Hannover

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IDAP, the Internet Drama Analysis Program, has gone offline after more than 10 years of providing statistical data on English Renaissance plays. However, step by step the results will be added to this website under Statistical Data and Graphics. If you have any questions, suggestions or complaints, please write to: hartmut.ilsemann@engsem.uni-hannover.de
Counter neue Besucher seit / new visitors since 19 Feb. 2013
2024 Ilsemann, Hartmut. "The Revision of Sir Clyomon and Sir Clamydes," publication rejected by OUP. LINK and
                   My response:
2024 - - , -."Methodological observations concerning word rankings and z-score refinements", Digital
                  Scholarship in the Humanities, Volume 39, Issue 1, April 2024, Pages 185–190, https://doi.org/10.1093/llc/
                   fqad079 LINK
2023 - - , -.Wer schrieb Shakespeare und was schrieb Shakespeare wirklich? – Eine stilometrische
                   Untersuchung mit R Stylo, Düren: Shaker, 2023; ISBN 978-3-8440-9249-3. Summary in English
2023 - - , -. "Did A Larum for London open the Globe in 1599?" LINK, 28.09.2023, not yet submitted
2023 - - , -. "Merriam's word lengths and Henry V", LINK, Digital Scholarship in the Humanities, fqad067,
                   https://doi.org/10.1093/llc/fqad067 Published: 10 October 2023
2023- - , -. "A brief supplement to the two Oldcastles of London", submitted to Digital Scholarship in the
                   Humanities, LINK, 01.02.2023
2022- - , -.Analyses of 19th Century Melodrama plays and The Symbolic Function of Cityscape in J.R.R. Tolkiens The Lord
                   of the Rings, Norderstedt : Books on Demand, 2022.
2022 - -. -. "A brief supplement to 'The Marlowe Corpus Revisited' and Phantom Marlowe", Digital Scholarship in the
                  Humanities, Volume 37, Issue 2, June 2022, Pages 462–468, https://doi.org/10.1093/llc/fqab078 LINK
2022 - - . -. "The Authorship of George a Greene, the Pinner of Wakefield", Digital Scholarship in the Humanities, LINK,
                   Advance publication , https://doi.org/10.1093/llc/fqac040, 22 July 2022
2022 - - . -. "Addressing the Need to Revisit Authorship Attributions in English Renaissance Drama", Anglistik:
                  International Journal of English Studies, Jg. 33(3), 2022, S. 139-144.
2022- - , -. "The Authorship of Wily Beguiled", Digital Scholarship in the Humanities, Advance publication 21 April 2022,
                   LINK
2022- - , -. "Some additions" Methodological extensions to the Marlowe authorship debate
2021- - , -. Tod in Oxford - Tagungsbericht über die Autorschaftsdebatte, Norderstedt: BoD, 2021; ISBN 978-3-7534-5819-9
2021- - , -. Survey of English Literature and Culture, Norderstedt: BoD, 2021; ISBN 978-3-7534-4304-1,

2021- - , -. "The Marlowe Corpus Revisited", Digital Scholarship in the Humanities, Volume 36, Issue 2, June 2021,
                   333-360. Link    [NEW!]   Citation
2020- - , -. Phantom Marlowe: Paradigmenwechsel in Autorschaftsbestimmungen des englischen Renaissancedramas,
                   Düren: Shaker, 2020, ISBN 978-3-8440-7412-3. Link    [NEW!]   Summary in English   Rezensionen
2019 - - , -. "Forensic Stylometry", Digital Scholarship in the Humanities, Volume 34, Issue 2, 2 June 2019, 335-349,
                   doi.org/10.1093/llc/fqy023
2018 - - , -. "Stylometry approaching Parnassus", Digital Scholarship in the Humanities, Volume 33, Issue 3, 1 September
                  2018, Pages 548–556, https://doi.org/10.1093/llc/fqx058
2018 - - , -. "More News on Sir Thomas More", Digital Scholarship in the Humanities, Volume 33, Issue 1, 1 April 2018,
                   46-58,doi.org/10.1093/llc/fqx013
2018- - , -. "Christopher Marlowe: Hype and Hoax", Digital Scholarship in the Humanities Volume 33, Issue 4, 1 December
                  2018, doi/10.1093/llc/fqy001
2017- - , -. "The Two Oldcastles of London", Digital Scholarship in the Humanities, Volume 32, Issue 4, 1 December 2017,
                   Pages 788–796; doi: 10.1093/llc/fqw039
2014- - , -. "William Shakespeare: Dramen und Apokryphen - Eine stilometrische Untersuchung mit R". Band I, Aachen:
                   Shaker, 2014. Summary in English
2013 - - , -. "Quantitativ-statistische Dramenanalyse: Welche Aussagekraft haben Häufigkeitsverteilungen der
                  Replikenlängen?" Forum Computerphilologie, (Hrsg. Georg Braungart, Peter Gendolla und Fotis Jannidis,
                  (2013). Text--- ---Comment by Pervez Rizvi


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