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Chargement... Who Wrote Shakespeare's Plays?par William D. Rubinstein
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For over 150 years many intelligent, highly educated men and women have questioned whether William Shakespeare wrote the works attributed to him. From an obscure family in a small provincial town, Shakespeare had no formal education after the age of thirteen. His surviving handwriting consists of six signatures on legal documents. His will makes no mention of his books or manuscripts. His two daughters were illiterate. There is, in other words, a seemingly enormous gap between the meagreness of Shakespeare's background and his achievements as the greatest and most famous writer in the English language. Over the years, numerous 'candidates' have been proposed as the true author. Often dismissed by the orthodox Shakespeare establishment in Britain and America as crackpots, the Anti-Stratfordians, as they are known, have become increasingly visible and numerous during the past thirty years. Who Wrote Shakespeare's Plays? provides a clear, objective guide to the Shakespeare authorship question by examining all of the candidates, including William Shakespeare himself. It is the first book to examine in an objective way the strengths and deficiencies of the arguments for each potential Shakespeare: Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford; Sir Francis Bacon; Christopher Marlowe; William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby; Roger Manners, 5th Earl of Rutland; Mary Sidney; Sir Henry Neville. William Rubinstein goes on to consider William Shakespeare himself in the same objective fashion. This book is a fascinating, comprehensive, and up-to-date look at one of history's greatest mysteries. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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 Google Books — Chargement...GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)822.33Literature English English drama Elizabethan 1558-1625 Shakespeare, William 1564–1616Classification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne: (3.5)
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In this slim volume of just over 150 pages the author examines the case of eight possible candidates who could have written the works attributed to Shakespeare, including William Shakespeare himself. A short biography of the candidate in question is followed by the pros and cons of them being the true author, leaving it to the reader to make up their own mind as to which candidate they find the most plausible. The book is clearly well researched, with statements backed up by facts and references to titles that are dedicated to the respective candidate; the author himself states that each case would be examined 'in as balanced and objective a manner as possible'. While Rubinstein succeeds on the whole, he is occasionally reduced to mocking particular aspects of a theory that doesn't agree with his own.
I came away with the feeling after having finished the book that the anti-Stratfordians definitely have a point as the evidence that William Shakespeare wrote the works that are attributed to him is not conclusive, in my opinion. Regarding whom I consider to be the most likely candidate, this will need to be further investigated by reading some of the titles mentioned in the bibliography, as well as in the section on each candidate, but it's fair to say that some candidates are more plausible than others. As an introduction to the Shakespeare authorship question you could certainly do a lot worse. (