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Shakespeare - who was he? : the Oxford challenge to the bard of Avon

The issue has even been debated in a moot court before three justices of the Supreme Court--with an intriguing outcome.Whalen's book is the first to provide a clear, concise, readable summary for the general reader, one that analyzes the main arguments for both the man from Stratford-on-Avon and the earl of Oxford.
Print Book, English, 1994
Praeger, Westport, Conn, 1994
Biographies
XIX, 183 Seiten Illustrationen 21 cm
9780275948504, 0275948501
832194468
Foreword by Paul H. Nitze Preface The Incumbent: The Man from Stratford A Strikingly Mundane Life The Missing Literary Evidence Shakspere versus Shakespeare The Case for Will Shakspere as Author The Ambiguous Testimony of the First Folio The Leading Challenger: The Earl of Oxford The Search for the True Author Oxford's Literary Life The Case for Oxford as Author Oxford's Life Span and Dating the Plays Oxford Revealed in Shakespeare's Plays Objections to Oxford as Shakespeare Resolving the Authorship Issue Appendix A: Records of Will Shakspere's Theater Activities Appendix B: "Shake-scene," Groatsworth, and Chettle Appendix C: Ben Jonson's Notebook, Timber Appendix D: The Benezet Test Notes Select, Annotated Bibliography for Further Reading Index