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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... daughter Susanna. Even Susanna's literacy must be viewed skeptically, given other known details of her life; for example, her failure to recognize her own husband's handwriting when presenting his journals to Dr. James Cooke in 1642.19 ...
... daughter Bridget, and Oxford, in one of his letters, praised William's character.23 Oxford's daughters were the nieces of Robert Cecil and the grandchildren of Lord Burghley, Elizabeth's chief advisor; after Burghley's death in 1598 ...
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Contents
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Histories | 103 |
Tragedies and Poems | 157 |
Conclusion | 237 |
Notes | 241 |
Bibliography | 263 |
Index | 265 |