H. N Gibson

The Shakespeare Claimants (eBook, PDF)

A Critical Survey of the Four Principal Theories concerning the Authorship of the Shakespearean Plays

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This edition first published in 1962.

The Shakespeare Claimants is a critical survey of the great controversy that has raged over the authorship of the Shakespearean plays. It provides the general reader with an outline history of this controversy and with a full description and analysis of the main anti-Stratfordian arguments. This book concentrates on the four main claimants: Bacon, Oxford, Derby and Marlowe.

The book contains an extensive bibliography and footnotes to guide the reader through the text.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. November 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136561818
• Artikelnr.: 39997855

Autorenporträt

H. N Gibson

Inhaltsangabe

1. Theories and Theorists 2. Denigration of an actor 3. The case for
Francis Bacon 4. The case for the Oxford Syndicate 5. The case for Lord
Derby 6. The case for Christopher Marlowe 7. Parallelism and the 'Promus'
8. Shakespeare's scholarship and covabulary 9. Metamorphoses of the sonnets
10. 'Richard II' and the missing link 11. The hidden hand in 'As You Like
It' 12. The Northumberland MS 13. The feudal aristocrat 14. Portraits and
monuments 15. Four miscellaneous topics 16. A tug-of-war with the first
folio 17. Vice versa 18. Confusions and conclusions