--- title: "2 Authorship Quotes By James Shapiro" description: "2 Authorship quotes by James Shapiro. Plus more from James Shapiro and more Authorship sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e4/james-shapiro-62910_authorship_it-may-take-a-decade-or-two-before-the-e_1055902.jpg" --- > [“It may take a decade or two before the extent of Shakespeare's collaboration passes from the graduate seminar to the undergraduate lecture, and finally to popular biography, by which time it will be one of those things about Shakespeare that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-shapiro/it-may-take-a-decade-or-two-before-the-extent-of-shakespeare-s/) [James Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-shapiro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e4/james-shapiro-62910_authorship_it-may-take-a-decade-or-two-before-the-e_1055902.jpg) > [ “\[Henry James'\] essay's closing lines can either be read neutrally or as a more purposeful wish that this mystery \[of Shakespeare's authorship\] will one day be resolved by the 'criticism of the future': 'The figured tapestry, the long arras that… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-shapiro/henry-james-essay-s-closing-lines-can-either-be-read-neutrally-or-as/) [James Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-shapiro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/087/james-shapiro-62910_authorship_henry-james-essay-s-closing-lines-can-ei_2514746.jpg) ## Other authors on Authorship - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-caleb-colton-22176.jpg) Charles Caleb Colton 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/authorship/charles-caleb-colton/) - [Samuel Johnson 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/authorship/samuel-johnson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-horace-42297.jpg) Horace 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/authorship/horace/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-edward-bulwerlytton-1st-baron-lytton-31721.jpg) Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/authorship/edward-bulwer-lytton-1st-baron-lytton/) ## More by James Shapiro > [“It may take a decade or two before the extent of Shakespeare's collaboration passes from the graduate seminar to the undergraduate lecture, and finally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-shapiro/it-may-take-a-decade-or-two-before-the-extent-of-shakespeare-s/) [James Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-shapiro/) > [“Like every great writer before or since, Jonson understood that the best poets 'are both made and born'. That all great writing has to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-shapiro/like-every-great-writer-before-or-since-jonson-understood-that-the/) [James Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-shapiro/) > [“Malone's commentary on Sonnet 93 was a defining moment in the history not only of Shakespeare studies but also of literary biography in general.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-shapiro/malone-s-commentary-on-sonnet-93-was-a-defining-moment-in-the-history/) [James Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-shapiro/) > [ “\[Henry James'\] essay's closing lines can either be read neutrally or as a more purposeful wish that this mystery \[of Shakespeare's authorship\] will one… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-shapiro/henry-james-essay-s-closing-lines-can-either-be-read-neutrally-or-as/) [James Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-shapiro/) > [“We've inherited many ideas about writing that emerged in the eighteenth century, especially an interest in literature as both an expression and an exploration…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-shapiro/we-ve-inherited-many-ideas-about-writing-that-emerged-in-the/) [James Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-shapiro/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/authorship/james-shapiro/#itemlist", "name": "2 Authorship Quotes By James Shapiro", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It may take a decade or two before the extent of Shakespeare's collaboration passes from the graduate seminar to the undergraduate lecture, and finally to popular biography, by which time it will be one of those things about Shakespeare that we thought we knew all along. Right now, though, for those who teach the plays and write about his life, it hasn't been easy abandoning old habits of mind. I know that I am not alone in struggling to come to terms with how profoundly it alters one's sense of how Shakespeare wrote, especially toward the end of his career when he coauthored half of his last ten plays. For intermixed with five that he wrote alone, Antony and Cleopatra , Coriolanus , The Winter's Tale , Cymbeline , and The Tempest , are Timon of Athens (written with Thomas Middleton), Pericles (written with George Wilkins), and Henry the Eighth , the lost Cardenio , and The Two Noble Kinsmen (all written with John Fletcher).”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "James Shapiro" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-shapiro/it-may-take-a-decade-or-two-before-the-extent-of-shakespeare-s/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e4/james-shapiro-62910_authorship_it-may-take-a-decade-or-two-before-the-e_1055902.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e4/james-shapiro-62910_authorship_it-may-take-a-decade-or-two-before-the-e_1055902.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e4/james-shapiro-62910_authorship_it-may-take-a-decade-or-two-before-the-e_1055902.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It may take a decade or two before the extent of Shakespeare's collaboration passes from the graduate…” — James Shapiro", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“[Henry James'] essay's closing lines can either be read neutrally or as a more purposeful wish that this mystery [of Shakespeare's authorship] will one day be resolved by the 'criticism of the future': 'The figured tapestry, the long arras that hides him, is always there ... May it not then be but a question, for the fullness of time, of the finer weapon, the sharper point, the stronger arm, the more extended lunge?' Is Shakespeare hinting here that one day critics will hit upon another, more suitable candidate, identify the individual in whom the man and artist converge and are 'one'? If so, his choice of metaphor - recalling Hamlet's lunge at the arras in the closet scene - is fortunate. 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