sentences:  Hoy's method and results have earned, if not unanimous acclaim, then at least a high level of recognition for usefulness and validity, and his study stands as a major step forward in the development of stylometric techniques of literary analysis.Hoy edited a number of plays for modern editions, including the first five volumes in the New Cambridge Beaumont and Fletcher series, the Norton Critical Edition of "Hamlet," and plays by Thomas Dekker and Philip Massinger.He published books and journal articles on specific topics in English Renaissance and Restoration drama, as well as a variety of other subjects, from Charlotte Perkins Gilman to Marianne Moore.