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Shakespeare by Another Name : The Life of Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, the Man Who Was Shakespeare by Mark Anderson (2006, Perfect)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-101592402151

ISBN-139781592402151

eBay Product ID (ePID)50874006

Product Key Features

Book TitleShakespeare by Another Name : The Life of Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, the Man Who Was Shakespeare

Number of Pages640 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2006

TopicShakespeare, Literary

IllustratorYes

GenreLiterary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorMark Anderson

FormatPerfect

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight27.3 Oz

Item Length3.6 in

Item Width6.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition22

Grade FromEighth Grade

Grade ToUP

Dewey Decimal822.33 A

SynopsisThe debate over the true author of Shakespeares body of work (some of which was published under the name Shake-speare) began not long after the death of William Shakespeare, the obscure actor and entrepreneur from Stratford-upon-Avon who was conventionally assumed to be the author. There were natural doubts that an uneducated son of a glover who never left England and apparently owned no books could have produced some of the greatest works of Western literature. Early investigators into the mystery argued for such eminent figures as Christopher Marlowe or Francis Bacon as possible authors, but recent scholarship has turned to Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, as the true Shakespeare. "Shakespeare by Another Name" is the first complete literary biography of Edward de Vere that tells the story of his action-packed lifeas student, soldier, courtier, lawyer, political intriguer, sophisticate, traveler, and, above all, writerfinding in it the background material for all of Shakespeares plays. Anderson brings to bear a wealth of new evidence, most notably de Veres personal copy of the Bible (recently analyzed to show the correlation between his underlinings and the biblical allusions in Shakespeares work) and has employed it all to at last give a complete portrait and background to the man who was Shakespeare. BACKCOVER: Makes a compelling case. . . . Andersons demonstration of how de Veres real life matches the characters and circumstances found in the plays attributed to Shakespeare is especially impressive. "THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION" Deserves serious attention. . . . Mr. Anderson shows there are myriad Shakespeare authorship connections for de Vere. "THE NEWYORK TIMES" Tantalizing parallels between the plays and Oxfords life certainly exist. . . . Anderson has a knack for finding fishy aspects of the traditional view that Shakespeare was Shakespeare. "NEW YORK SUN", In this groundbreaking new biography, journalist Anderson weaves together evidence uncovered in ten years of research to offer tantalizing proof that Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford, actually created the timeless body of work attributed to William Shakespeare., This is the first complete literary biography of Edward de Vere that tells the story of his action-packed life - as student, soldier, lawyer, sophisticate, courtier, traveller and writer - finding in it uncanny similarities to situations and characters found in Shakespeare's plays., A compelling case that argues the man conventionally thought of as the author of such infamous works as Romeo and Juliet, Othello and Hamlet was nothing more than an actor. 'Shakespeare By Another Name suggests that the real author of these works was in fact Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford., The debate over the true authorship of Shakespeare's body of work began not long after the death of William Shakespeare, the obscure actor and entrepreneur from Stratford-Upon-Avon who was assumed to be the author. Being an uneducated son of a glover who had never left England, the chances that William Shakespeare produced infamous works like Hamlet are slim. This is the first complete literary biography of Edward de Vere, and finds in his history all the background material found in Shakespeare's plays. A truly fascinating study.

LC Classification NumberPR2947.O9