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001 2012040135
003 DLC
005 20140710080537.0
008 121002s2013 enk b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2012040135
020 $a9781107017597
020 $a9781107603288 (pbk.)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $ae-uk-en
050 00 $aPR2937$b.S445 2013
082 00 $a822.3/3$223
245 00 $aShakespeare beyond doubt :$bevidence, argument, controversy /$cedited by Paul Edmondson and Stanley Wells.
264 1 $aCambridge ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2013.
300 $axiv, 284 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"Did Shakespeare write Shakespeare? The authorship question has been much treated in works of fiction, film and television, provoking interest all over the world. Sceptics have proposed many candidates as the author of Shakespeare's works, including Francis Bacon, Christopher Marlowe and Edward De Vere, the seventeenth Earl of Oxford. But why and how did the authorship question arise and what does surviving evidence offer in answer to it? This authoritative, accessible and frequently entertaining book sets the debate in its historical context and provides an account of its main protagonists and their theories. Presenting the authorship of Shakespeare's works in relation to historiography, psychology and literary theory, twenty-three distinguished scholars reposition and develop the discussion. The book explores the issues in the light of biographical, textual and bibliographical evidence to bring fresh perspectives to an intriguing cultural phenomenon"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
600 10 $aShakespeare, William,$d1564-1616$xAuthorship.
700 1 $aEdmondson, Paul,$eeditor of compilation.
700 1 $aWells, Stanley,$d1930-$eeditor of compilation.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1311/2012040135-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1311/2012040135-d.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1311/2012040135-t.html