Biography and Mythography: Rereading Chettle's Alleged Apology to Shakespeare

Erne, Lukas Christian

doi:10.1080/00138389808599146

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English

Biography and Mythography: Rereading Chettle's Alleged Apology to Shakespeare

ContributorsErne, Lukas Christian

Published inEnglish studies, vol. 79, p. 430-440

Publication date1998

Abstract

Argues that Henry Chettle's apology in Kind Heart's Dream is not directed to Shakespeare; thus the portrait of Shakespeare related to this apology is "mythographic rather than biographic and lacks any credible textual evidence." Abstracted by Grace Tiffany, Shakespeare Newsletter 48 (1998-99): 82.

Keywords

William Shakespeare
Chettle
Biography

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Faculté des lettres / Département de langue et de littérature anglaises

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ERNE, Lukas Christian. Biography and Mythography: Rereading Chettle’s Alleged Apology to Shakespeare. In: English studies, 1998, vol. 79, p. 430–440. doi: 10.1080/00138389808599146

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DOI : 10.1080/00138389808599146

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Biography and Mythography: Rereading Chettle's Alleged Apology to Shakespeare

Argues that Henry Chettle's apology in Kind Heart's Dream is not directed to Shakespeare; thus the portrait of Shakespeare related to this apology is "mythographic rather than biographic and lacks any credible textual evidence." Abstracted by Grace Tiffany, Shakespeare Newsletter 48 (1998-99): 82.

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