Abstract
The article proposes a computational stylometric authorship verification approach to contribute to the solution of the longstanding philological problem concerning Johann Wolfgang Goethe's (1749-1832) anonymous contributions to the journal Frankfurter gelehrte Anzeigen of 1772/73 (FgA).
Highlights
Addressing the longstanding authorship attribution problem of Johann Wolfgang Goethe’s (anonymous contributions to the Frankfurter gelehrte Anzeigen (FgA) of the years 1772 and 1773, the present article proposes a computational stylometric authorship verification approach as a solution
A plethora of philological research since the late nineteenth century has dealt with the question which of the FgA’s anonymously published ‘Rezensionen’ (‘review articles’) of these two years has been penned by which author
For Goethe research this question is of specific relevance, as it is known that the author contributed an unknown number of Rezensionen to the FgA in 1772
Summary
Addressing the longstanding authorship attribution problem of Johann Wolfgang Goethe’s (anonymous contributions to the Frankfurter gelehrte Anzeigen (FgA) of the years 1772 and 1773, the present article proposes a computational stylometric authorship verification approach as a solution. A plethora of philological research since the late nineteenth century has dealt with the question which of the FgA’s anonymously published ‘Rezensionen’ (‘review articles’) of these two years has been penned by which author. For Goethe research this question is of specific relevance, as it is known that the author contributed an unknown number of Rezensionen to the FgA in 1772. The stylometric attribution is especially challenging due to the overall brevity of the Rezensionen, and the fact that Goethe might have redacted other authors’ contributions or collaborated in so-called ‘Protokoll-Rezensionen’ (‘protocol reviews’)
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