Genre in Non-Traditional Authorship Attribution Studies by Jo... - 9781041133995

Genre in Non-Traditional Authorship Attribution StudiesThe Dramatic Canon of William Shakespeare\nAuthor(s): Joseph Rudman\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781041133995, 978-1041133995\nSynopsis\nThis 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 Shakespearean drama to courtroom linguistics, the book highlights how failing to control for genre risks undermines both results and credibility. It challenges the extremes of current thinking whether genre dominates authorship or is eclipsed by it by examining the vast and complex gray area between these poles. With case studies, critic.