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Brian Vickers (1) (1937–)

Author of In Defence of Rhetoric

For other authors named Brian Vickers, see the disambiguation page.

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About the Author

Brian Vickers is a Fellow of the British Academy, and a Distinguished Senior Fellow in the School of Advanced Study, London University.

Works by Brian Vickers

In Defence of Rhetoric (1988) 52 copies
Appropriating Shakespeare: Contemporary Critical Quarrels (1993) 47 copies
Occult Scientific Mentalities (1984) — Editor — 40 copies
Shakespeare, Co-Author: A Historical Study of Five Collaborative Plays (2002) 21 copies
English Renaissance Literary Criticism (2000) 20 copies
'Counterfeiting' Shakespeare: Evidence, Authorship and John Ford's Funerall Elegye (2002) 19 copies
Classical Rhetoric in English Poetry (1970) 18 copies
William Shakespeare: Vol. 1, 1623-1692: The Critical Heritage (1974) — Editor — 16 copies
William Shakespeare: Vol. 3, 1733-1752: The Critical Heritage (1975) — Editor — 15 copies
William Shakespeare: Vol. 4, 1753-1765: The Critical Heritage (1976) — Editor — 14 copies
William Shakespeare: Vol. 5, 1765-1774: The Critical Heritage (1979) 14 copies
William Shakespeare: Vol. 6, 1774-1801: The Critical Heritage (1981) — Editor — 14 copies
The One King Lear (2016) 12 copies
Francis Bacon and Renaissance Prose (1968) 11 copies
William Shakespeare: Vol. 2, 1693-1733; The Critical Heritage (1974) — Editor — 10 copies
William Shakespeare: The Critical Heritage (1996) 7 copies
Shakespeare, 'A Lover's Complaint', and John Davies of Hereford (2007) 6 copies
Towards Greek tragedy : drama, myth, society (1973) 6 copies
Essential articles for the study of Francis Bacon (The Essential article series) (1968) 6 copies
The Artistry of Shakespeare's Prose (1979) 5 copies
English Science: Bacon to Newton (Cambridge English Prose Texts) (1987) 4 copies
Returning to Shakespeare (1989) 4 copies
Francis Bacon (1979) 3 copies
Rhetoric and the Pursuit of Truth: Language Change in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries (1985) 3 copies
Rhetoric Revalued: Papers from the International Society for the History of Rhetoric (Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies) (1982) 2 copies
Seventeenth Century Prose. An Anthology. (1969) 2 copies
'Disintegrated' in TLS 5591, 28 May 2010 1 copy
'Idle Worship' in TLS 5342/3, 19 & 26 Aug 2005 [review of various bks about Shakespeare & authorship] 1 copy
Shakespeare's "Coriolanus" (Study in English Literature) (1976) 1 copy
'All rising to great place is by a winding stair ... being fair to Sir Francis Bacon' in TLS 4968, 19 June 1998 [review of Jardine & Stewart's 'Hostage to Fortune' & Zagorin's… 1 copy
Nashe, 1 Henry VI, and Silius Italicus [article] 1 copy
Verbal Repetition in Arden of Faversham: Shakespeare or Kyd? [article] 1 copy
A New Source for Sonnet 129 [article] 1 copy
William Shakespeare: The Critical Heritage Volume 2 1693-1733 (2013) 1 copy
Leisure and idleness in the Renaissance: The ambivalence of otium 1 copy
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Associated Works

The Essays (1597) — Editor, some editions — 2,547 copies, 20 reviews
The Man of Feeling (1771) — Editor, some editions — 464 copies, 7 reviews
The Major Works (1996) — Editor, some editions — 458 copies, 3 reviews
Theory's Empire: An Anthology of Dissent (2005) — Contributor — 104 copies, 2 reviews
The text, the play, and the Globe : essays on literary influence in Shakespeare's world and his work in honor of Charles R. Forker (2016) — Contributor — 10 copies
Words That Count: Essays on Early Modern Authorship in Honor of MacDonald P. Jackson (2004) — Contributor — 6 copies
The Collected Works of John Ford, Volume I (2012) — Editor — 5 copies
The Collected Works of Thomas Kyd. Volume One (2024) — Editor — 5 copies
The Collected Works of John Ford, Volume IV (2023) — Editor, some editions — 4 copies
The Collected Works of John Ford, Volume II and III (2017) — Editor, some editions — 2 copies
ANQ 33.2-3, April-September 2020 — Contributor — 1 copy

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Canonical name
Vickers, Brian
Legal name
Vickers, Brian William
Other names
Sir Brian Vickers
Birthdate
1937-12-13
Gender
male
Nationality
UK
Birthplace
Cardiff, Wales, UK
Places of residence
Wales, UK
England, UK
Germany
Associated Place (for map)
Wales, UK

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Morris D. Forkosch Book Prize
The Times (London) and Sunday Times Best Books of the Year

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