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The 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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Author:   William Farina
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.481kg
ISBN:  

9780786423835

ISBN 10:   0786423838
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   03 January 2006
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments      Foreword by Felicia Hardison Londré      Introduction      Part One: Comedies and Romances 1. The Tempest      2. The Two Gentlemen of Verona      3. The Merry Wives of Windsor      4. Measure for Measure      5. The Comedy of Errors      6. Much Ado About Nothing      7. Love’s Labor’s Lost      8. A Midsummer Night’s Dream      9. The Merchant of Venice      10. As You Like It      11. The Taming of the Shrew      12. All’s Well That Ends Well      13. Twelfth Night      t82 14. The Winter’s Tale      15. Cymbeline      16. Pericles      Part Two: Histories 17. King John      18. Richard II      19. Henry IV, Part I      20. Henry IV, Part II      21. Henry V      22. Henry VI, Part I      23. Henry VI, Part II      24. Henry VI, Part III      25. Richard III      26. Henry VIII      Part Three: Tragedies and Poems 27. Troilus and Cressida      28. Coriolanus      29. Titus Andronicus      30. Romeo and Julie      t173 31. Timon of Athens      32. Julius Caesar      33. Macbeth      34. Hamlet      35. King Lear      36. Othello      37. Antony and Cleopatra      38. Venus and Adonis      39. The Rape of Lucrece      40. The Sonnets      Conclusion      Notes      Bibliography      Index     

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a handy guide --Rocky Mountain Review of Language & Literature.

"A handy guide""--Rocky Mountain Review of Language & Literature."

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William Farina is a retired real estate consultant for the federal government, now living in Evanston, Illinois. He has written books on Arthurian legend, early Christianity, the American Civil War, Shakespeare and baseball.

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