Research Catalog

"Shakespeare" by another name : the life of Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, the man who was Shakespeare

Title
"Shakespeare" by another name : the life of Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, the man who was Shakespeare / Mark Anderson ; foreword by Derek Jacobi.
Author
Anderson, Mark, 1967-
Publication
  • New York : Gotham Books, [2005]
  • ©2005

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

StatusFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
Request for On-site UseRequest Scan
How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?
TextUse in library PR2947.O9 A72 2005xOff-site

Details

Additional Authors
Gotham Books (New York, N.Y.), publisher.
Description
xxxvi, 598 : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
Summary
Argues that the Bard was actually Edward de Vere, the seventeenth Earl of Oxford, in a portrait that identifies the earl as a courtier, scholar, and prolific ghostwriter whose life events mirrored and inspired themes in Shakespeare's plays.
Subject
  • Oxford, Edward De Vere, Earl of, 1550-1604
  • Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Authorship > Oxford theory
  • Oxford, Edward De Vere, Earl of, 1550-1604 > Authorship
  • Oxford, Edward De Vere, Earl of, 1550-1604
  • Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
  • Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Authorship
  • De Vere, Edward
  • Shakespeare, William
  • 1500-1700
  • Authors, English > Early modern, 1500-1700 > Biography
  • Nobility > Great Britain > Biography
  • Authors, English
  • Authors, English > Early modern
  • Authorship
  • Nobility
  • Oxford-Shakespeare controversy
  • Autorschaft
  • English authors > Biography
  • Great Britain
Genre/Form
  • Biography
  • Biographies.
Note
  • "First printing, April 2005"--Title page verso.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [415]-419) and index.
Contents
The eye of childhood (1550-1562) -- Evermore in subjection (1562-1569) -- Treasons and vile instruments (1569-1572) -- For making a man (1573-1575) -- The fable of the world (1575-1578) -- In brawl ridiculous (1577-1582) -- Fortune's dearest spite (1582-1585) -- To thy rudder tied by th' strings (1586-1589) -- Gentle master William (1589-1593) -- The sharp razor of a willing conceit (1593-1598) -- Buried be (1598-1604).
ISBN
  • 1592401031
  • 9781592401031
LCCN
  • 2006273600
  • 9781592401031
OCLC
  • ocm61154634
  • 61154634
  • SCSB-14698077
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library