![]() | John Payne Collier : Scholarship and Forgery in the Nineteenth Century, Volumes 1 And 2 John Payne Collier (1789+"1883), one of the most controversial figures in the history of literary scholarship, pursued a double career. A prolific and highly influential writer on the drama, poetry, and popular prose of Shakespeare's age, Collier was at the same time the promulgator of a great body of forgeries and false evidence, seriously affecting the text and biography of Shakespeare and many others. This monumental two-volume work for the first time addresses the whole of Collier's activity, systematically sorting out his genuine achievements from his impostures. Arthur Freeman and Janet Ing Freeman are widely published independent scholars living in London. |
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