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"The history of the Shakespeare controversy is presented in this revised edition of the 1992 work, with new information and additional chapters. Part I documents and assesses the important theories on the authorship question. Part II is an annotated bibliography, arranged chronologically, of the works that deal with the controversy from its vague beginnings to the present"--Provided by publisher.
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The Shakespeare controversy: an analysis of the authorship theories
2009, McFarland & Co.
in English
- 2nd ed.
0786439173 9780786439171
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The Shakespeare controversy: an analysis of the claimants to authorship, and their champions and detractors
1992, McFarland
in English
0899507352 9780899507354
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Table of Contents
A founding mother : Delia Bacon
Shakespeare on the Mississippi : Whitman, O'Connor, and Twain
The great cryptogrammatist : Ignatius Donnelly
The birthplace : Joseph Skipsey and Henry James
An agnostic and two rebels : Greenwood, Samuel Butler, and Frank Harris
Many candidates : Marlowe, Rutland, Derby, and so on
"Shakespeare" identified : J. Thomas Looney
Professionals, amateurs, and the question of authority
The growing Oxfordian challenge
The Stratfordian response
The rest is scholarship.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
