MacDonald P. Jackson
Author of The Oxford History of New Zealand Literature in English
About the Author
MacDonald P. Jackson is an emeritus professor of English at the University of Auckland and a fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand.
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Works by MacDonald P. Jackson
Associated Works
Shakespeare Beyond Doubt: Evidence, Argument, Controversy (2013) — Contributor — 42 copies, 2 reviews
The Division of the Kingdoms: Shakespeare's Two Versions of King Lear (Oxford Shakespeare Studies) (1983) — Contributor — 16 copies
The Quest for Cardenio: Shakespeare, Fletcher, Cervantes, and the Lost Play (2012) — Contributor — 8 copies
Words That Count: Essays on Early Modern Authorship in Honor of MacDonald P. Jackson (2004) 5 copies
The Selected Plays of John Marston (Plays by Renaissance and Restoration Dramatists) (1986) — Editor, some editions — 4 copies
Studies in Bibliography (Vol. 38) — Contributor — 3 copies
The Works of John Webster: Volume 4: Sir Thomas Wyatt, Westward Ho, Northward Ho, The Fair Maid of the Inn (2019) — Editor, some editions — 3 copies
Studies in Bibliography (Vol. 35) — Contributor — 2 copies
Research Opportunities in Medieval and Renaissance Drama XLVI (2007) — Contributor — 1 copy
Research Opportunities in Renaissance Drama XLI (2002) — Contributor — 1 copy
Research Opportunities in Renaissance Drama XXXVII (1998) — Contributor — 1 copy
ANQ 33.2-3, April-September 2020 — Contributor — 1 copy
Studies in Bibliography (Vol. 32) — Contributor — 1 copy
Studies in Bibliography (Vol. 31) — Contributor — 1 copy
Research Opportunities in Medieval and Renaissance Drama XLVII (2008) — Contributor — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Jackson, MacDonald Pairman
- Birthdate
- 1938-08-13
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- New Zealand
- Birthplace
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Education
- University of Auckland (BA|1959|MA|1960)
Merton College, Oxford University (B.Litt|1964) - Occupations
- professor
literary historian - Organizations
- University of Auckland
- Awards and honors
- Fellow, Royal Society of New Zealand (2009)
Fellow, New Zealand Academy of the Humanities (2008)
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Reviews
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- Works
- 13
- Also by
- 27
- Members
- 85
- Popularity
- #214,931
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
- 10
- ISBNs
- 12
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My main criticism of the book is that it is slow and laboring and dense with numbers and alleged statistical proofs that Moore did not write the poem in question. Chapter after chapter of painstaking detail about the mean and standard deviation of how many times the author used the word "the" in his corpus of work were enough to wear me down. Mr. Jackson's primary tool to convince us of his thesis is to bury us with mathematical data.
Secondarily, I was put off Mr. Jackson's early supposition that Moore did not write this poem. From the very first chapter of the book, I sensed a bias against Moore being the author. Jackson's handling of the evidence was not even-handed. Facts he dismissed in favor of Livingston, were used with full vigor against Moore. He did not give the reader an opportunity to form their own opinion about the authorship.
This exciting debate could have been handled with more enthusiasm and less bias. I was completely disappointed in this book.… (more)