Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare ? by James Shapiro (English) Paperback Boo

Description: Contested Will by James Shapiro From the bestselling and prizewinning author of 1599, an investigation into who wrote Shakespeares plays. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description For two hundred years after Shakespeares death, no one thought to argue that somebody else had written his plays. Since then dozens of rival candidates - including Sir Francis Bacon and the Earl of Oxford - have been proposed as their true author. Contested Will unravels the mystery of when and why so many people began to question whether Shakespeare wrote the plays (among them such leading writers and artists as Sigmund Freud, Henry James, Mark Twain, Helen Keller, Orson Welles, and Sir Derek Jacobi).Shakespeare scholar James Shapiros fascinating search for the source of this controversy retraces a path strewn with fabricated documents, calls for trials, false claimants, concealed identity, bald-faced deception and a failure to grasp what could not be imagined. If Contested Will does not end the authorship question once and for all, it will nonetheless irrevocably change the nature of the debate by confronting whats really contested: are the plays and poems of Shakespeare autobiographical, and if so, do they hold the key to the question of who wrote them? Notes Paperback edition of Shapiros investigation into the various controversies surrounding the authorship of Shakespeares plays. From the author of 1599, it will be supported by literary festivals and Shakespeare events in the UK. Shapiro retraces a path strewn with fabricated documents, concealed identity and bald-faced deception. Authoritative, lucid and devastatingly funny, John Carey, The Sunday Times Author Biography Professor James Shapiro, who teaches at Columbia University in New York, is the author of Rival Playwrights, Shakespeare and the Jews, and Oberammergau: The Troubling Story of the Worlds Most Famous Passion Play. 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare won the BBC FOUR Samuel Johnson Prize in 2006. Promotional Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare? is James Shapiros investigation into who wrote Shakespeares plays, from the bestselling author of 1599. Long Description From the bestselling and prizewinning author of 1599, an investigation into who wrote Shakespeares plays. For two hundred years after Shakespeares death, no one thought to argue that somebody else had written his plays. Since then dozens of rival candidates - including Sir Francis Bacon and the Earl of Oxford - have been proposed as their true author. Contested Will unravels the mystery of when and why so many people began to question whether Shakespeare wrote the plays (among them such leading writers and artists as Sigmund Freud, Henry James, Mark Twain, Helen Keller, Orson Welles, and Sir Derek Jacobi). Shakespeare scholar James Shapiros fascinating search for the source of this controversy retraces a path strewn with fabricated documents, calls for trials, false claimants, concealed identity, bald-faced deception and a failure to grasp what could not be imagined. If Contested Will does not end the authorship question once and for all, it will nonetheless irrevocably change the nature of the debate by confronting whats really contested: are the plays and poems of Shakespeare autobiographical, and if so, do they hold the key to the question of who wrote them? Review Text The case for Shakespeare is made cogently and convincingly. Shapiro cites contemporaries who identified him as the author of the plays, and show that the early printing history corroborates the attribution ... Shapiro weaves together various strands of recent scholarship to make a case which is about as watertight as it can be ... Shapiro illuminatingly assimilates the authorship controversy to radical theories about the non-existence of Homer as an individual author, and about the mythic nature of the Gospels ... Shapiro is a gifted storyteller. Promotional "Headline" Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare? is James Shapiros investigation into who wrote Shakespeares plays, from the bestselling author of 1599. Details ISBN0571235778 Author James Shapiro Year 2011 ISBN-10 0571235778 ISBN-13 9780571235773 Media Book Pages 384 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 822.33 Illustrations Illustrations, ports. Birth 1955 Language English Imprint Faber & Faber Publisher Faber & Faber Edition Main Subtitle Who Wrote Shakespeare ? Publication Date 2011-01-06 Format Paperback Short Title Contested Will UK Release Date 2011-01-06 AU Release Date 2011-01-06 Edition Description Main Audience General NZ Release Date 2011-01-18 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:33103245;

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