De Vere as Shakespeare: An Oxfordian Reading of the CanonThe question may be met with chagrin by traditionalists, but the identity of the Bard is not definitely decided. During the 20th century, Edward de Vere, the most flamboyant of the courtier poets, a man of the theater and literary patron, became the leading candidate for an alternative Shakespeare. This text presents the controversial argument for de Vere's authorship of the plays and poems attributed to Shakespeare, offering the available historical evidence and moreover the literary evidence to be found within the works. Divided into sections on the comedies and romances, the histories and the tragedies and poems, this fresh study closely analyzes each of the 39 plays and the sonnets in light of the Oxfordian authorship theory. The vagaries surrounding Shakespeare, including the lack of information about him during his lifetime, especially relating to the "lost years" of 1585-1592, are also analyzed, to further the question of Shakespeare's true identity and the theory of de Vere as the real Bard. |
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... writing, not to mention the way he lived and died. The 1955 best-seller Murder of the Man Who Was Shakespeare by Calvin Hoffman advanced the theory that Marlowe faked his own death and then wrote Shakespeare's works in exile. Improbable ...
An Oxfordian Reading of the Canon William Farina. candidate for an alternative Shakespeare.7 The Oxfordian theory proposes that “William Shakespeare” the writer was in reality a pen name, while the actor Will Shakspere of Stratford-upon ...
... Shakespeare the writer and Shakespeare the actor is found in a 1610 poem by John Davies of Hereford, titled “To our English Terence, Mr. William Shake-speare.” Davies only remarks that Shakespeare “played some Kingly parts in sport” and ...
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Contents
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Comedies and Romances | 17 |
Histories | 103 |
Tragedies and Poems | 157 |
Conclusion | 237 |
Notes | 241 |
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