John R. Lewis Library: Macbeth: 12th Grade English: Did Shakespeare write all those plays?

Shakespeare Research Presentation Assignment

Did Shakespeare write all those plays?

Guiding Questions

Did Shakespeare really write all those plays?
How do we know?
- What is stylometry?
Do all the experts agree?

Article

Decker, James M. “History of the Shakespeare Authorship Controversy.” The Facts On File Companion to Shakespeare, Facts On File, 2012. Bloom's Literature, online.infobase.com/HRC/Search/Details/482376?q=shakespeare and authorship. Accessed 18 Jan. 2018.

Books to Investigate

Essential Shakespeare Handbook by Leslie Dunton-Downer; Alan Riding; Elizabeth Wyse (Editor); Karen Wilks
ISBN: 0789493330
Publication Date: 2004-04-19
Check out the chapter called "Shakespeare's Canon"
Shakespeare's World and Work by John F. Andrews (Editor)
ISBN: 0684806282
Publication Date: 2001-05-01
Check out Vol: 3. entry "Shakespeare's Canon" (p. 70)

Works Cited on this Page:

Andrews, John F. Shakespeare's World and Work: An Encyclopedia for Students:
[Poverty - Work, Index]. New York, Scribner, 2001.

Decker, James M. “History of the Shakespeare Authorship Controversy.” The Facts On File Companion to Shakespeare, Facts On File, 2012. Bloom's Literature, online.infobase.com/HRC/Search/Details/482376?q=shakespeare and authorship. Accessed 18 Jan. 2018.

"Did Shakespeare write his plays?" YouTube, uploaded by Natalya St. Clair and
Aaron Williams, TED-Ed, 24 Feb. 2015, youtu.be/K-aAUwAFZlQ. Accessed 24
Jan. 2018.

Dunton-Downer, Leslie, et al. Essential Shakespeare Handbook. London, Dorling
Kindersley, 2004.