{"product_id":"shakespeare-and-authorial-networks-in-early-modern-drama-hardcover","title":"Shakespeare and Authorial Networks in Early Modern Drama - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMeghan C. Andrews\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlan B. Farmer\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Zeman Kolkovich\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Shakespeare and authorial networks in early modern drama' examines how intertextual exchanges shaped Shakespeare's plays. Drawing on social network theory, it traces his sustained creative dialogue with Michael Drayton, John Marston and George Chapman, showing how shared discourses at cultural institutions and within patronage families informed recurring topics across their works. The study argues that Shakespeare's engagement with institutional and social environments did not require direct membership or patronage; instead, looser ties influenced his authorship. By revealing how thematic and stylistic developments emerged through long-term conversations among playwrights, the book offers new insight into Shakespeare's writing process and collaborative practices. It provides alternative models of authorship, influence and literary exchange that nuance conventional accounts of early modern patronage and highlight the significance of networks in shaping dramatic production.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'In this original, provocative, and compelling book, Meghan C. Andrews rescues Shakespeare from the romantic clich? of the singular playwright in some lonely garret. Instead, she persuasively locates him as a \"company-keeper\" within the vibrant social, intellectual, literary, and theatrical worlds of London, as she skillfully traces the connections and collaborations that contributed to Shakespeare becoming Shakespeare.'\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eDavid Scott Kastan, Yale University\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'This thought-provoking book introduces us to a different Shakespeare, one in conversation with social networks circulating distinctive ideologies and artistic agendas. A totally new perspective on Shakespeare and his contemporaries.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Richard Dutton, Ohio State University\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eShakespeare and authorial networks in early modern drama\u003c\/i\u003e examines how intertextual exchanges shaped Shakespeare's plays. Drawing on social network theory, it traces his sustained creative dialogue with Michael Drayton, John Marston and George Chapman, showing how shared discourses at cultural institutions and within patronage families informed recurring topics across their works. The study argues that Shakespeare's engagement with institutional and social environments did not require direct membership or patronage; instead, looser ties influenced his authorship. By revealing how thematic and stylistic developments emerged through long-term conversations among playwrights, the book offers new insight into Shakespeare's writing process and collaborative practices. It provides alternative models of authorship, influence and literary exchange that nuance conventional accounts of early modern patronage and highlight the significance of networks in shaping dramatic production.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeghan C. Andrews was Associate Professor of English at Lycoming College\u003cbr\u003eAlan B. Farmer is Associate Professor of English at Ohio State University\u003cbr\u003eElizabeth Zeman Kolkovich is Associate Professor of English at Ohio State University \u003cbr\u003eSarah Neville is Associate Professor of English at Ohio State University\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 222\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 20, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":71816971878653,"sku":"9781526188793","price":70.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/l6cNuNfStf9781526188793.webp?v=1793901035","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/shakespeare-and-authorial-networks-in-early-modern-drama-hardcover","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}