{"product_id":"shakespeare-beyond-doubt-evidence-argument-controversy-hardback-9781107017597","title":"Shakespeare beyond Doubt; Evidence, Argument, Controversy (Hardback) 9781107017597","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eShakespeare beyond Doubt\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEvidence, Argument, Controversy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDid Shakespeare write Shakespeare? This authoritative collection of essays brings fresh perspectives to bear on an intriguing cultural phenomenon.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePaul Edmondson (Edited by), Stanley Wells (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107017597, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 18 April 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e298 pages, 5 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e23.3 x 15.6 x 1.8 cm, 0.61 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'The volume's distinguished editors, Paul Edmondson and Stanley Wells, have assembled a tight volume that both addresses the questions at the heart of the so-called authorship controversy and discusses the phenomenon in critically sophisticated ways.' Curtis Perry, SEL: Studies in English Literature 1500–1900\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eDid 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eGeneral introduction Paul Edmondson and Stanley Wells\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Sceptics: Introduction to Part One Paul Edmondson and Stanley Wells\u003cbr\u003e 1. The unreadable Delia Bacon Graham Holderness\u003cbr\u003e 2. The case for Bacon Alan Stewart\u003cbr\u003e 3. The case for Marlowe Charles Nicholl\u003cbr\u003e 4. The life and theatrical interests of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford Alan H. Nelson\u003cbr\u003e 5. The unusual suspects Matt Kubus\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Shakespeare as Author: Introduction to Part Two Paul Edmondson and Stanley Wells\u003cbr\u003e 6. Theorizing Shakespeare's authorship Andrew Hadfield\u003cbr\u003e 7. Allusions to Shakespeare to 1642 Stanley Wells\u003cbr\u003e 8. Shakespeare as collaborator John Jowett\u003cbr\u003e 9. Authorship and the evidence of stylometrics MacDonald P. Jackson\u003cbr\u003e 10. What does textual evidence reveal about the author? James Mardock and Eric Rasmussen\u003cbr\u003e 11. Shakespeare and Warwickshire David Kathman\u003cbr\u003e 12. Shakespeare and school Carol Chillington Rutter\u003cbr\u003e 13. Shakespeare tells lies Barbara Everett\u003cbr\u003e Part III. A Cultural Phenomenon: Did Shakespeare Write Shakespeare?: Introduction to Part Three Paul Edmondson and Stanley Wells\u003cbr\u003e 14. 'This palpable device': authorship and conspiracy in Shakespeare's life Kathleen E. McLuskie\u003cbr\u003e 15. Amateurs and professionals: regendering Bacon Andrew Murphy\u003cbr\u003e 16. Fictional treatments of Shakespeare's authorship Paul Franssen\u003cbr\u003e 17. The declaration of reasonable doubt Stuart Hampton-Reeves\u003cbr\u003e 18. 'There won't be puppets, will there?': 'Heroic' authorship and the cultural politics of Anonymous Douglas M. Lanier\u003cbr\u003e 19. 'The Shakespeare establishment' and the Shakespeare authorship discussion Paul Edmondson\u003cbr\u003e Afterword James Shapiro\u003cbr\u003e A selected reading list Hardy M. Cook.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Shakespeare studies \u0026amp; criticism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Shakespeare studies \u0026amp; criticism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Shakespeare%20studies%20\u0026amp;%20criticism%20%5BDSGS%5D%22\"\u003eDSGS\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20classical,%20early%20\u0026amp;%20medieval%20%5BDSBB%5D%22\"\u003eDSBB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265489621272,"sku":"9781107017597","price":75.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107017597i.jpg?v=1692023423","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/shakespeare-beyond-doubt-evidence-argument-controversy-hardback-9781107017597","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}