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| 23 of 28 people found the following review helpful  Shakspere or Oxford?, This review is from: Shakespeare--Who Was He?: The Oxford Challenge to the Bard of Avon (Hardcover) Many people don't know that there's a controversy over the authorship of the plays. Many of those that know of the issue ask "Why bother? Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare, and that's that." I used to feel that way until I fell in love with the works of Shakespeare in college and wanted to know more about the individual who wrote the plays. Was it Shakspere, the business man from London? or "Shake-speare," a pseudonymn used by the 17th Earl of Oxford, Edward De Vere?For me, part of the joy of reading the works of Shakespeare was finding out the history behind them. The more I read about the man, the more I found academia didn't know much about him. They had a handle on the times and the events, but not the man. This raised several questions in my mind: 1. Why is there little or no mention of William Shakspere amongst his contemporaries (Jonson, Dryden and Marlowe to name a few)? 2. Why is the only written documentation referencing Shakspere concern... Read more 23 of 29 people found the following review helpful Lucid, balanced, thorough, By This review is from: Shakespeare--Who Was He?: The Oxford Challenge to the Bard of Avon (Hardcover) This book is probably the best introduction to the Shakespeare authorship controversy available at the moment. What impressed me most about it was its tone of quiet logic, and its careful, balanced account of the facts and the arguments on both sides. The orthodox Stratfordians are given their due, and their arguments and their objections to the Oxfordian view are discussed in detail. I also liked the way that facts are put into context, rather than just baldly stated.On the other hand there is a little repetition, and the chapters sometimes give the impression of being written as separate essays, and then tweaked a bit and put into book form. The first half of the book is devoted to the case against William of Stratford, and the second half to the case for Edward de Vere, the Earl of Oxford. I'm certainly not a person who is inclined to accept conspiracy theories. As someone who has always loved Shakespeare and is interested in Elizabethan history, I dismissed the alternative... Read more 20 of 25 people found the following review helpful Oxford wins the day in Whalen's well-researched book, By This review is from: Shakespeare--Who Was He?: The Oxford Challenge to the Bard of Avon (Hardcover) Whalen is probably as objective as any doubter to the Stratford man could be. Afterall, there just isn't much documented evidence for the traditional view. Edward de Vere, the Earl of Oxford is easier to support analytically, because much more is known about him. If you were presented with two cases of evidence for authorship, and knew nothing about the controversy, you would be hard pressed to favor the Stratford on Avon gentleman who bears the same name as the immortal bard. This is the way that Whalen presents the arguments. He tries to let the traditionalists refute the Oxfordians claims, but they don't fare so well. Oxford's life parallel's HAMLET'S in so many ways as to make one believe that Oxford either wrote the plays or was the Stratford man's inspiration. But the defense of Oxford against Stratfordians isn't without critics. Oxford died in 1604 and that seems too early for some of the authorship, but the records of when these works were written is... Read more |
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