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Author: Alan H. Nelson Publisher: Liverpool University Press ISBN: 9780853236788 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 576
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The Elizabethan Court poet Edward de Vere has, since 1920, lived a notorious second, wholly illegitimate life as the putative author of the poems and plays of William Shakespeare. The work reconstructs Oxford’s life, assesses his poetic works, and demonstrates the absurdity of attributing Shakespeare’s works to him. The first documentary biography of Oxford in over seventy years, Monstrous Adversary seeks to measure the real Oxford against the myth. Impeccably researched and presenting many documents written by Oxford himself, Nelson’s book provides a unique insight into Elizabethan society and manners through the eyes of a man whose life was privately scandalous and richly documented.
Author: Alan H. Nelson Publisher: Liverpool University Press ISBN: 9780853236788 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 576
Book Description
The Elizabethan Court poet Edward de Vere has, since 1920, lived a notorious second, wholly illegitimate life as the putative author of the poems and plays of William Shakespeare. The work reconstructs Oxford’s life, assesses his poetic works, and demonstrates the absurdity of attributing Shakespeare’s works to him. The first documentary biography of Oxford in over seventy years, Monstrous Adversary seeks to measure the real Oxford against the myth. Impeccably researched and presenting many documents written by Oxford himself, Nelson’s book provides a unique insight into Elizabethan society and manners through the eyes of a man whose life was privately scandalous and richly documented.
Author: Margo Anderson Publisher: Untreed Reads ISBN: 1611871786 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 667
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The debate over the true author of the Shakespeare canon has raged for centuries. Astonishingly little evidence supports the traditional belief that Will Shakespeare, the actor and businessman from Stratford-upon-Avon, was the author. Legendary figures such as Mark Twain, Walt Whitman and Sigmund Freud have all expressed grave doubts that an uneducated man who apparently owned no books and never left England wrote plays and poems that consistently reflect a learned and well-traveled insider's perspective on royal courts and the ancient feudal nobility. Recent scholarship has turned to Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford-an Elizabethan court playwright known to have written in secret and who had ample means, motive and opportunity to in fact have assumed the "Shakespeare" disguise. "Shakespeare" by Another Name is the literary biography of Edward de Vere as "Shakespeare." This groundbreaking book tells the story of de Vere's action-packed life-as Renaissance man, spendthrift, courtier, wit, student, scoundrel, patron, military adventurer, and, above all, prolific ghostwriter-finding in it the background material for all of The Bard's works. Biographer Mark Anderson incorporates a wealth of new evidence, including de Vere's personal copy of the Bible (in which de Vere underlines scores of passages that are also prominent Shakespearean biblical references).
Author: John Milnes Baker Publisher: Urlink Print & Media, LLC ISBN: 9781684866281 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 0
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The Shakespeare Authorship Question has been the subject of heated debate for generations. This concise introduction to the controversy challenges the conventional narrative that Will Shakspere of Stratfordupon- Avon was the author of the works of William Shakespeare. Anyone with natural curiosity will find the case for Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford, as the real William Shakespeare a fascinating subject for further investigation. The Clarion Review stated: The book's objective is not to examine every aspect of the de Vere theory in detail, but to condense that material and present its essentials. In service of accomplishing that goal, it includes a thorough list of references and additional reading suggestions for those interested in learning more. "To ask Shakespeare scholars to research the authorship is like asking the College of Cardinals to honestly research the Resurrection." --- Robin Fox, PhD, professor of social theory, Rutgers University
Author: John Milnes Baker Publisher: ISBN: 9781532089770 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 50
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Why do so many people question the authorship of the works of William Shakespeare? The answer may be found in this booklet and the references on pages 34 and 35. The Shakespeare Authorship Controversy has been the subject of heated debate for many years. This elementary introduction to the controversy challenges the conventional wisdom that .... William Shakspere of Stratford-upon-Avon was the undisputed author of the plays of .... William Shakespeare. Anyone with natural curiosity will find the case for Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford, as the real William Shakespeare, a fascinating subject for further exploration.
Author: Geoffrey Eyre Publisher: ISBN: 9780955460845 Category : Languages : en Pages : 248
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Edward de Vere the 17th Earl of Oxford was a generous patron of writers, actors and musicians in the London of Queen Elizabeth I. But was he also William Shakespeare, the greatest writer in the English language? The reasons for believing so are set out clearly in this study. The author is a member of the De Vere Society but writes as an independent scholar.
Author: Alan H. Nelson
Author: Alan H. Nelson
Author: Margo Anderson
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Author: John Milnes Baker
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Author: Geoffrey Eyre
Author: Percy Allen
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Author: J. Thomas Looney