Shakespeare Matters

hakespeare Matters, the Shakespeare Fellowship's 32-page quarterly newsletter, publishes the latest in ground-breaking scholarship and news in Shakespeare Authorship studies. Shakespeare Matters is edited by Alex McNeil, J.D. with Roger Stritmatter, Ph. D., acting as design editor. Although most of our contributors are Oxfordians, the editors welcome submissions by independent scholars and researchers, regardless of their conclusions about authorship. The only requirement for publication is that the essay should yield significant insight into the nature of the Shakespearean ouevre or era.

We get lots of fan mail: "When Shakespeare Matters arrives in my mail box," wrote one member, "everything stops in my house while I read it cover-to-cover. Forty years ago my husband's cousin (who lives in Stratford, England) told me Shaxper didn't write the plays, and I've been studying the subject ever since....Thank you for all your hard work."

Please query us if you have a submission or article concept. If you're wondering about subscribing, take a look at our archives, publicly available here in PDF format. The most recent four issues are available only to our members, so join the Fellowship to stay abreast of current developments.

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Issues (in PDF format) available without subscription:

Vol. 1, No. 1: Fall 2001 Vol. 1, No. 2: Winter 2002 Vol. 1, No. 3: Spring 2002 Vol. 1, No. 4: Summer 2002

Vol. 2, No. 1: Fall 2002 Vol. 2, No. 2: Winter 2003 Vol. 2, No. 3: Spring 2003 Vol. 2, No. 4: Summer 2003

Vol. 3, No. 1: Fall 2003 Vol. 3, No. 2: Winter 2004 Vol. 3, No. 3: Spring 2004 Vol. 3, No. 4: Summer 2004

Vol. 4, No. 1: Fall 2004 Vol. 4, No. 2: Winter 2005 Vol. 4, No. 3: Spring 2005 Vol. 4, No. 4: Summer 2005

Vol. 5, No. 1: Fall 2005 Vol. 5, No. 2: Winter 2006 Vol. 5, No. 3: Spring 2006 Vol. 5, No. 4: Summer 2006

Vol. 6, No. 1: Fall 2006 Vol. 6, No. 2: Winter 2007 Vol. 6, No. 3: Spring 2007 Vol. 6, No. 4: Summer 2007

Vol. 7, No. 1: Fall 2007 Vol. 7, No. 2: Winter 2008 Vol. 7, No. 3: Spring 2008 Vol. 7, No. 4: Fall 2008

Vol. 8, No. 1: Winter 2009 Vol. 8, No. 2: Spring 2009 Vol. 8, No. 3: Summer 2009 Vol. 8, No. 4: Fall 2009

Vol. 9, No. 1: Winter 2010 Vol. 9, No. 2: Spring/Summer 2010 Vol. 9, No. 3: Fall 2010
Vol. 10, No. 1: Winter 2011 Vol. 10, No. 2: Spring 2011 Vol. 10, No. 3: Summer 2011 Vol. 10, No. 4: Fall 2011

Vol. 11, No. 1: Winter 2012 Vol. 11, No. 2: Spring 2012

Issues (in PDF format) available only to subscribers:

Vol. 11, No. 3: Summer 2012 Vol. 11, No. 4: Fall 2012

Vol. 12, No. 1: Winter 2013 Vol. 12, No. 2: Spring 2013

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Please note that the Fellowship has also launched an online peer reviewed journal of authorship studies, Brief Chronicles. Please access Brief Chronicles online.

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