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    Review of 'On Shakespeare and early modern literature: Essays' by John Kerrigan
    (Australasian Universities Language and Literature Association, 2005-11) Daalder, Joost
    John Kerrigan is one of the very best of today’s commentators on “Early Modern” (I still prefer “Renaissance”) literature. Although he has also written on other periods, he here concentrates on “a body of writing which, in its linguistic and social richness, has probably never been equalled” (vii). All of the essays except a richly rewarding one on “William Drummond and the British Problem” have appeared before, but all of them deserve their place in this excellent volume. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.)
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    Review of 'Graffiti and the writing arts of early modern England' by Juliet Fleming
    (Australasian Universities Language and Literature Association, 2005-11) Daalder, Joost
    This is a curious book, which makes one feel that its author is a genuine scholar, who is dealing with an important subject and provides some knowledge by no means easily or frequently available, but who nevertheless in the end does not provide a satisfying, nourishing account. (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001.)
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    Review of 'The Shakespearean International Yearbook: Vols 1 and 2' by Elton and Mucciolo
    (Australasian Universities Language and Literature Association, 2004-11) Daalder, Joost
    There are a great many different matters discussed, in these excellent volumes, which I cannot here explore or even list. Suffice it to say that the editors have adopted a very comprehensive, wide-ranging approach, aiming for a high academic standard throughout, and that the series is one that one would like to see in any serious library. (Aldershot: Ashgate, 1999 (1); 2002 (2).)
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    Review of 'Triumphal forms: structural patterns in Elizabethan poetry' by Alastair Fowler
    (Australasian Universities Language and Literature Association, 1971-05) Daalder, Joost
    Daalder reviews "Triumphal forms: structural patterns in Elizabethan poetry' by Alastair Fowler (Cambridge University Press, 1970).
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    Review of 'Collected poems of Sir Thomas Wyatt' edited by Muir and Thomson
    (Australasian Universities Language and Literature Association, 1971-05) Daalder, Joost
    Daalder reviews 'Collected poems of Sir Thomas Wyatt', edited by Kenneth Muir and Patricia Thomson (Liverpool University Press, 1969).
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    Review of 'Shakespeare's metrics' by Dorothy L. Sipe
    (Australasian Universities Language and Literature Association, 1970-11) Daalder, Joost
    Miss Sipe sets out to prove correct the debated assumption that Shakespeare "wrote carefully constructed iambic verse into which he introduced only those few minor variations considered permissible in his time". Her labour is extensive, her methodology questionable.