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Argues that a more thorough approach to understanding the Elizabethan period will end the debate over who is the true author of the famous plays, and create a deeper understanding of who Shakespeare was
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Takes up the recurring question of who wrote what we know as Shakespeare, and concludes that it could be nobody but himself. Examines the record of his life, the relation of his writing and knowledge to that of comparable figures of his day, and the earliest publications of his works. Also assesses and dismisses the claims of the current front-runner for alternative author, the 17th earl of Oxford. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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