Shakespeare By Another Name: A Biography Of Edward De Vere, Earl Of Oxford, The Man Who Was Shakespeare
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| Rating | : | 4.47 (546 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1592401031 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 640 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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A triumph of literary detective work: the first popular biography of the adventurous Elizabethan earl whose life and letters indicate that he was the true author of the works of Shakespeare William Shaksper of Stratford was an actor and entrepreneur who had little education, never left England, and apparently owned no books. Anderson contends that the only way de Vere’s compromising works— including brutally honest portraits of the powerful elite at Queen Elizabeth I’s court—could ever be published was under another man’s name. In the centuries since his death more and more questions have arisen about the true source of the plays and poetry conventionally attributed to him. Weaving together a wealth of evidence uncovered in ten years of research, Anderson brings to life a colorful figure whose biography presents countless mirror images of the works of Shakespeare. De Vere lived in Venice during his twenties—racking up debt with the city’s money- lenders (Merchant of Venice); his notorious jealousy of his first wife spawned both self- critical works (Othello, The Wint
From Publishers Weekly Anderson, a contributor to Wired and Harper's, is only the latest to champion Edward de Vere, the 17th earl of Oxford, as the author of Shakespeare's works. Cecil provided de Vere with a first-rate education that prepared him for his travels in Italy and his short-lived success in Elizabeth's court, which the earl undermined by fighting with fellow courtier Philip Sidney, impregnating one of Elizabeth's maids-of-honor and general profligacy. The earl's inconvenient death in 1604, however, requires Anderson to explain away all contemporary references in the last phase of Shakespeare's output with the same vehemence with which he found earlier coded identifications. De Vere came into his earldom early, after his father's unexpected death, and spent his childhood as a ward of Queen Elizabeth's chief minister, William Cecil, whom Anderson casts as Polonius to de Vere's
"Brilliant scholarship. Insights into Elizabethan England galore" according to JaneoH. Brilliant scholarship. Insights into Elizabethan England galore. Influences of DeVere's life craftily presented. The evidences effectually tumble over one like a waterfall. Each sentence so well crafted as to reveal multiple surprises and facts in each one. The reader is divine. Such simple yet precise expression illuminates the meaning in each phrase. Brilliant produ. Thomas Boyer said The book itself was in very good shape for a used book. Not many surprises here. I was already very familiar with the story line. The book itself was in very good shape for a used book.. "Five Stars" according to Amazon Customer. An excellent book!