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Contested Will

James Shapiro
Contested Will Book PDF

Author : James Shapiro
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780571258697

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For two hundred years after William Shakespeare's death, no one thought to argue that somebody else had written his plays. Since then dozens of rival candidates - including The Earl of Oxford, Sir Francis Bacon and Christopher Marlowe - have been proposed as their true author. Contested Will unravels the mystery of when and why so many people began to question whether Shakespeare wrote the plays (among them such leading writers and artists as Sigmund Freud, Henry James, Mark Twain, Helen Keller, Orson Welles, and Sir Derek Jacobi) Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro's fascinating search for the source of this controversy retraces a path strewn with fabricated documents, calls for trials, false claimants, concealed identity, bald-faced deception and a failure to grasp what could not be imagined. If Contested Will does not end the authorship question once and for all, it will nonetheless irrevocably change the nature of the debate by confronting what's really contested: are the plays and poems of Shakespeare autobiographical, and if so, do they hold the key to the question of who wrote them? '[Shapiro] writes erudite, undumbed-down history that . . . reads as fluidly as a good novel.' David Mitchell, the Guardian.

Who Wrote Shakespeare?

John Michell
Who Wrote Shakespeare Book PDF

Author : John Michell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0500281130

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Who Wrote Shakespeare? by John Michell Pdf

Reprinted from 1st pbk. ed., published in 1999. Originally published in hardcover in 1996.

Who Wrote Shakespeare?

James Shapiro
Who Wrote Shakespeare Book PDF

Author : James Shapiro
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2011-08-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781451668384

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Who Wrote Shakespeare? by James Shapiro Pdf

This ebook is an excerpt from Contested Will by James Shapiro, and originally appeared as the last section titled "Shakespeare." In this chapter, Shapiro succintly and eloquently makes the case for why no one else but Shakespeare could have written Shakespeare's plays.

Shakespeare by Another Name

Margo Anderson
Shakespeare by Another Name Book PDF

Author : Margo Anderson
Publisher : Untreed Reads
Page : 667 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2011-11-04
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781611871784

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Shakespeare by Another Name by Margo Anderson Pdf

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).

Sweet Swan of Avon

Robin Williams
Sweet Swan of Avon Book PDF

Author : Robin Williams
Publisher : Peachpit Press
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2006-03-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780132797771

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It is long overdue that someone took a closer look at the brilliant Mary Sidney. I have a suspicion that Mary Sidney’s life, and especially her dedication to the English language after her brother’s death, may throw important light on the mysterious authorship of the Shakespeare plays and poems. —Mark Rylance Actor; Artistic Director of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, 1996–2006; Chairman of the Shakespearean Authorship Trust For more than two hundred years, a growing number of researchers have questioned whether the man named William Shakespeare actually wrote the works attributed to him. There is no paper trail for William Shakespeare—no record that he was ever paid for writing, nothing in his handwriting but a few signatures on legal documents, no evidence of his presence in the royal court except as an actor in his later years, no confirmation of his involvement in the literary circles of the time. With so little information about this man—and even less evidence connecting him to the plays and sonnets—what can and what can’t we assume about the author of the greatest works of the English language? For the first time, Robin P. Williams presents an in-depth inquiry into the possibility that Mary Sidney Herbert, the Countess of Pembroke, wrote the works attributed to the man named William Shakespeare. As well educated as Queen Elizabeth I, this woman was at the forefront of the literary movement in England, yet not allowed to write for the public stage. But that’s just the beginning . . . The first question I am asked by curious freshmen in my Shakespeare course is always, “Who wrote these plays anyway?” Now, because of Robin Williams’ rigorous scholarship and artful sleuthing, Mary Sidney Herbert will forever have to be mentioned as a possible author of the Shakespeare canon. Sweet Swan of Avon doesn’t pretend to put the matter to rest, but simply shows how completely reasonable the authorship controversy is, and how the idea of a female playwright surprisingly answers more Shakespearean conundrums than it creates... —Cynthia Lee Katona Professor of Shakespeare and Women’s Studies, Ohlone College; Author of Book Savvy

Shakespeare and His Authors

William Leahy
Shakespeare and His Authors Book PDF

Author : William Leahy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781441148360

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Shakespeare and His Authors by William Leahy Pdf

The Shakespeare Authorship question - the question of who wrote Shakespeare's plays and who the man we know as Shakespeare was - is a subject which fascinates millions of people the world over and can be seen as a major cultural phenomenon. However, much discussion of the question exists on the very margins of academia, deemed by most Shakespearean academics as unimportant or, indeed, of interest only to conspiracy theorists. Yet, many academics find the Authorship question interesting and worthy of analysis in theoretical and philosophical terms. This collection brings together leading literary and cultural critics to explore the Authorship question as a social, cultural and even theological phenomenon and consider it in all its rich diversity and significance.

Shakespeare's Dark Lady

John Hudson
Shakespeare s Dark Lady Book PDF

Author : John Hudson
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781445621661

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Shakespeare's Dark Lady by John Hudson Pdf

Amelia Bassano Lanier is proved to be a strong candidate for authorship of Shakespeare's plays: Hudson looks at the fascinating life of this woman, believed by many to be the dark lady of the sonnets, and presents the case that she may have written Shakespeare's plays.

Who Wrote Shakespeare's Sonnets?

Kenneth Farnol
Who Wrote Shakespeare s Sonnets Book PDF

Author : Kenneth Farnol
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1973394103

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Who Wrote Shakespeare's Sonnets? by Kenneth Farnol Pdf

This long overdue investigation carefully questions the authorship of many of 'Shakespeare's' Sonnets. The Sonnets have to be seen as a collection of individual true-life accounts by different male and female writers to be properly understood. This is the key to the integrity of these literary masterpieces. When read in this light: a clear picture soon emerges. The simple logic of these findings certainly demands further academic and non-academic attention. Some of the more satirical sonnets were indeed by Shakespeare but most were probably by 'Rival Poet' members of the aristocratic Sidney family. Many were private and confidential and patently never approved for publication. This is an extremely important point. Sonnets are not about theatre they are about real life. Several sonnets show clearly feminine style and content. The natural beauty of those by the unmistakable Mary Sidney/Herbert, Lady Pembroke; Nos.1-17, at least, shines out from the best of them. Further sonnets by her son William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke and her niece Mary Sidney/Wroth are of considerable historical and romantic interest. The evidence is overwhelming. However, we must seriously challenge the overbearing weight of centuries of sexism, false premises and half-truths surrounding the Sonnets. Prevailing pseudo-homosexual 'Fair Youth' myths, for example, are deemed dubious, distracting and unconvincing. Shakespeare was evidently not comfortable with the sonnet format but the glory, authorship and integrity of his Plays remains unsurpassed. When reading the Sonnets we find further real-life male/female stories of adolescent infatuation, ambition, and scandal in the shadow of the early 17th C. Royal Court. Just read the Sonnets in this book and then judge for yourself!

Is Shakespeare Dead?

Mark Twain
Is Shakespeare Dead Book PDF

Author : Mark Twain
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781613100417

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ÊIs Shakespeare Dead? is a short, semi-autobiographical work by American humorist Mark Twain. It explores the controversy over the authorship of the Shakespearean literary canon via satire, anecdote, and extensive quotation of contemporary authors on the subject. Ê The original publication spans only 150 pages, and the formatting leaves roughly half of each page blank. The spine is thread bound. It was published in April 1909 by Harper & Brothers, twelve months before Mark Twain's death. Ê The book attracted controversy for incorporating a chapter from The Shakespeare Problem Restated by George Greenwood without permission or proper credit, an oversight Twain blamed on the accidental omission of a footnote by the printer. Ê The book has been described as "one of his least well received and most misunderstood works". Although she admits that Twain appears to have been sincere in his beliefs concerning Shakespeare, Karen Lystra argues that the essay reveals satirical intentions that went beyond the ShakespeareÑBacon controversy of the time. Ê Though it is commonly assumed to be nothing more than a stale and embarrassing rehash of the Shakespeare-Bacon controversy, Twain was up to something more than flimsy literary criticism. He was using the debate over Shakespeare's real identity to satirize prejudice, intolerance, and self-importanceÑin himself as well as others.... But after his passionate diatribe against the "Stratfordolators" and his vigorous support of the Baconians, he cheerfully admits that both sides are built on inference. Leaving no doubt about his satirical intent, Twain then gleefully subverts his entire argument. After seeming to be a serious, even angry, combatant, he denies that he intended to convince anyone that Shakespeare was not the real author of his works. "It would grieve me to know that any one could think so injuriously of me, so uncomplimentarily, so unadmiringly of me," he writes mockingly. "Would I be so soft as that, after having known the human race familiarly for nearly seventy-four years?" We get our beliefs at second hand, he explains, "we reason none of them out for ourselves. It is the way we are made." Twain has set a trapÑan elaborate joke at the expense of what he scornfully refers to as the "Reasoning Race." He is satirizing the need to win an argument when it is virtually impossible to convince anyone to change sides in almost any debate. His excessive rhetoric of attack is obviously absurdÑcalling the other side "thugs," for exampleÑyet it has been taken at face value.

Shakespeare's Unorthodox Biography

Diana Price
Shakespeare s Unorthodox Biography Book PDF

Author : Diana Price
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015050312084

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Shakespeare's Unorthodox Biography by Diana Price Pdf

It successfully argues that "William Shakespeare" was the pen name of an aristocrat, and that William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon was a shrewd entrepreneur, not a dramatist."--BOOK JACKET.

On the Authorship Controversy

Robert U. Ayres
On the Authorship Controversy Book PDF

Author : Robert U. Ayres
Publisher : Academica Press
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-15
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781680530353

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On the Authorship Controversy by Robert U. Ayres Pdf

On the Authorship Controversy is about how a historical deception has survived as a tradition for nearly 400 years, despite numerous challenges. I am referring to the “tradition” that the works attributed to William Shakespeare of Stratford-on-Avon were actually written by him, despite no evidence of schooling or access to libraries, lack of recognition by other playwrights when he died, and much more. The editors of the definitive decennial edition of his works, together with virtually all other scholars of English Literature, have declared that this rural fellow is the true author. This book offers irrefutable mathematical evidence that Christopher Marlowe -- graduate of Cambridge University, the inventor of iambic pentameter, and the author of seven important plays before “Shakespeare” had ever been heard of -- did not die in late May 1593, as officially reported by the Queen’s Coroner. How do we know that Marlowe was alive and the author of the sonnets? He announced his authorship in ciphers that are clear and unmistakable once you find the key. The key was found by an independent scholar named Peter Bull in 2005. He self-published his findings because the mainstream publishers were not interested, and very few people bothered to read his work. I did, and I have now undertaken to make his discovery a little more accessible to the general reader.

Shakespeare's Literary Authorship

Patrick Cheney
Shakespeare s Literary Authorship Book PDF

Author : Patrick Cheney
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2008-06-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521881661

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Shakespeare's Literary Authorship by Patrick Cheney Pdf

This book considers Shakespeare as a literary figure, analysing his full professional career, both poetry and plays.

Shakespeare--Who Was He?

Richard F. Whalen
Shakespeare Who Was He Book PDF

Author : Richard F. Whalen
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1994-09-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015017439376

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Shakespeare--Who Was He? by Richard F. Whalen Pdf

The main arguments for and against the theory that Edward de Vere, the seventeenth earl of Oxford, used William Shakespeare as a pseudonym.

Who Wrote Bacon?

Richard Ramsbotham
Who Wrote Bacon Book PDF

Author : Richard Ramsbotham
Publisher : Temple Lodge Publishing
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1902636546

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Who Wrote Bacon? by Richard Ramsbotham Pdf

For years, a popular debate has been raging about whether Shakespeare was really the author of the many plays and poems published under his name. Doubters argue that Shakespeare could not have accomplished such a great feat, pointing instead to other well-known figures. Richard Ramsbotham offers a completely different perspective by reexamining the available evidence and by introducing unexplored aspects of Rudolf Steiner's spiritual-scientific research. The author discusses Shakespeare's life as an actor, mysteries of the debate such as the enigmatic Psalm 46, and the persistent question of Francis Bacon's connection with Shakespeare. Recently, a movement has been gaining ground that sees Bacon himself as the covert writer of the great works attributed to Shakespeare. Not content with this radical claim, that movement also wishes to place Bacon on the primary pedestal of British civilization, as a kind of patron saint of the modern scientific age. The author provides substantial confirmation of a definite connection between Shakespeare and Bacon, but one that radically challenges the conclusions of the Baconian movement. The author also opens remarkable new perspectives on King James I and his connections not only with Shakespeare and Bacon but also with Jakob Böhme, Rudolf II, Rosicrucianism, Freemasonry, and the original Globe Theatre. Published 400 years after the Hampton Court Conference of 1604, Who Wrote Bacon? offers a timely contribution to these themes, and shows how they remain critically important to our understanding of the twenty-first century. Includes eight pages of B/W plates.

Sir Henry Neville Was Shakespeare

John Casson,William D. Rubinstein
Sir Henry Neville Was Shakespeare Book PDF

Author : John Casson,William D. Rubinstein
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781445654676

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Sir Henry Neville Was Shakespeare by John Casson,William D. Rubinstein Pdf

Who really wrote the plays of Shakespeare?