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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Since IDAP, the Internet Drama Analysis Programme, is no longer available, the focus of Shakespeare Statistics has shifted to stylistic analysis, which, on the whole, confirms the authorship of a young playwright, William Shakespeare, who can be traced stylistically from around the mid-1580s.
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
2025 Ilsemann, Hartmut. "Chapman in the Shadows", as yet unpublished. LINK
2024 - - , -. "A brief supplement to the two Oldcastles of London", Digital Scholarship in the
                   Humanities, https://doi.org/10.1093/llc/fqae072, Published: 19 November 2024, for informative tables see:                    LINK, 01.02.2023
2024 - - , -. "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
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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