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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... The Shakespeare Oxford Newsletter (Shakespeare-Oxford Society), Winter 2003, pp. 5–6. Portions of the chapter on Venus and Adonis are reprinted from William Farina, “Edward de Vere and the Courtesan Culture of Venice,” The Shakespeare ...
... the negative evidence against the Stratford man, but from the positive evidence in the plays that often links them topically to events of the ¡570s and ¡580s: to people, places, and specific incidents with which Edward de Vere was ...
... the pain of being misrepresented or slandered, the author's lameness, his aging, his doting on a younger man—and we can tie these concerns to documented facts in the life of Edward de Vere. Of course, this does not prove that he wrote the ...
An Oxfordian Reading of the Canon William Farina. We must also account for the “lost years” of 1585–1592, for which there ... Edward de Vere acted on at least one occasion,14 by de Vere or Shakspere? Schoenbaum declared the Davies poem ...
An Oxfordian Reading of the Canon William Farina. of verified, biographical data is comparatively scarce.29 Once the compelling figure of Edward de Vere steps into the spotlight, however, wonder turns into doubt. De Vere's candidacy as ...
Contents
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Histories | 103 |
Tragedies and Poems | 157 |
Conclusion | 237 |
Notes | 241 |
Bibliography | 263 |
Index | 265 |