1st Edition

Genre in Non-Traditional Authorship Attribution Studies The Dramatic Canon of William Shakespeare

By Joseph Rudman Copyright 2026
276 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

276 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This timely monograph explores the critical, yet often overlooked, role of genre in non-traditional authorship attribution studies. Drawing from linguistics, rhetoric, stylistics, forensic linguistics, and computational methods –including large language models (LLMs) – this book argues that genre must be treated as a central variable in any credible attribution analysis. Across domains from... Read more

    1.          Introduction

    2.          The Definition and Categorization of Genre

    3.          Each Genre has a Defining Style that is Discernable

    4.          The Case that Genre is Irrelevant in Non-Traditional Authorship Attribution Studies

    5.          The Case that Authorship Trumps Genre in Non-Traditional Authorship Attribution Studies – WHITE

    6.          The Case that Genre Trumps Authorship in Non-Traditional Authorship Attribution Studies – BLACK

    7.          The Case for Shades of GRAY

    8.          Can Genre Ever be Mixed in the Experimental Design

    9.          Can Techniques be Developed So That Genre Can Be Ignored in the Experimental Design

10.          The Necessity of Controlling for Genre in the Experimental Design

11.          Intra-Genres in Non-Traditional Authorship Attribution

12.          The Legal Profession, Forensic Linguistics, and Genre

13.          Shakespeare’s Drama as a Case in Point

14.          Large Language Models

15.          Conclusion

Biography

Joseph Rudman currently serves as a Special Faculty Member in the English Department at Carnegie Mellon University.