The Quest for Shakespeare: The Peculiar History and Surprising Legacy of the New Shakspere Society
Author:   Jeffrey Kahan
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2017
ISBN:  

9783319487809


Pages:   164
Publication Date:   20 December 2016
Format:   Hardback
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The Quest for Shakespeare: The Peculiar History and Surprising Legacy of the New Shakspere Society


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This book traces the formation and impact of the New Shakspere Society, created in 1873, which dedicated itself to solving the mysteries of Shakespeare’s authorship by way of science. This promise, however, was undermined not only by the antics of its director, Frederick J. Furnivall, but also by the inexactitudes of the tests. Jeffrey Kahan puzzles out how a society geared towards science quickly devolved into a series of grudge matches.  Nonetheless, the New Shakspere Society set the bibliographical and biographical agenda for the next century—an unusual legacy for an organization that was rife with intrigue, enmity, and incompetence; lives were ruined, lawyers consulted, and scholarship (mostly bad) produced and published. 

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Author:   Jeffrey Kahan
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2017
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   3.544kg
ISBN:  

9783319487809


ISBN 10:   3319487809
Pages:   164
Publication Date:   20 December 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

introduction: a new society.- chapter one: squabbles.- chapter two: skirmishes.-  chapter three: war.- chapter four: remembrance.- chapter five: inheritance.- bibliography.- index.

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Jeffrey Kahan is the author of several books, including Reforging Shakespeare, The Cult of Kean, Caped Crusaders 101, Bettymania and the Birth of Celebrity Culture, and Shakespritualism: Shakespeare and the Occult, 1850-1950. “Learn more at http://www.jeffreykahan.com/”  

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