Who wrote that? : authorship controversies from Moses to Sholokhov / Donald Ostrowski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ostrowski, Donald G., author.

Series:

NIU series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies.

Cornell scholarship online.

NIU series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies

Cornell scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authorship.

Literary forgeries and mystifications.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (284 pages)

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Northern Illinois University Press, 2021.

Summary:

'Who Wrote That?' examines nine authorship controversies, providing an introduction to particular disputes and teaching students how to assess historical documents, archival materials, and apocryphal stories, as well as internet sources and news. Donald Ostrowski does not argue in favor of one side over another but focuses on the principles of attribution used to make each case. While furthering the field of authorship studies, this text provides an essential resource for instructors at all levels in various subjects.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

List of Tables

Introduction

1. Did Moses Write the Pentateuch?

2. Who Wrote the Analects?

3. Who Wrote the Secret Gospel of Mark?

4. Did Abelard and Heloise Write the Letters Attributed to Them?

5. Who Wrote the Compendium of Chronicles ( Jami al-Tawarik) and the Collection of Letters Attributed to Rashid al-Din?

6. Who Wrote Shakespeare?

7. Who Wrote the Works Attributed to Prince Andrei Kurbskii?

8. How Inauthentic Was James Macpherson’s “Translation” of Ossian?

9. Did Mikhail Sholokhov Write The Quiet Don?

Afterword: Lessons Learned

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 16, 2020).

Previously issued in print: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781501750823

1501750828

9781501749728

1501749722

OCLC:

1120784346