De Vere as Shakespeare: An Oxfordian Reading of the CanonMcFarland, 24/12/2014 - 280 páginas 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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... believe that born commoners are incapable of great writing; however, as the legendary George Greenwood wrote, “That a man [or woman] of humble birth and very imperfect education may rise to the highest ranks of literature is one of the ...
... believe in the traditional biography; a bigger part is glad not to, since his enthusiasm for Shakespeare has grown to proportions never anticipated. Most biographies, issued at frequent and regular intervals, add little or nothing to ...
... believe it harks back to the ancient “spear-shaker” goddess of wisdom and warfare: Minerva to the Romans, Athena to the Greeks. The name may have been originally derived from this popular Renaissance goddess. In addition, “Shake-speare ...
... believe that Shakespeare seemed to be striking a valedictory note, that The Tempest was one of his last works (if not his very last), and that Prospero represents the voice of the author. Prospero's speech “Our revels are now ended” (IV ...
... believe this is where many of Shakespeare's works began to take the final shape and form we know today. Reportedly, the house had an extensive library and study,28 calling to mind Prospero's reminiscence that “my library was dukedom ...
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