Shakespeare and authorial networks in early modern drama
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Author_Meghan C. Andrews
authorial networks
authorship
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collaborative writing
creative exchange
dramatic culture
Early Modern Drama
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forthcoming
gender
George Chapman
Inns of Court
institutional discourse
intertextuality
John Fletcher
John Marston
literary networks
Michael Drayton
patronage
patronage systems
playwright communities
Renaissance
Shakespeare studies
social network analysis
textual influence
Thomas Greene
William Shakespeare
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- ISBN 9781526188793
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 20 Oct 2026
- Publisher: Manchester University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
Meghan C. Andrews was Associate Professor of English at Lycoming College
Alan B. Farmer is Associate Professor of English at Ohio State University
Elizabeth Zeman Kolkovich is Associate Professor of English at Ohio State University
Sarah Neville is Associate Professor of English at Ohio State University
