The Shakespeare Wars by Ron Rosenbaum
Clashing Scholars, Public Fiascos, and the Dark Truth About Shakespeare and His Work
An energetic, investigative account of the fierce modern battles over who wrote Shakespeare's plays, how they should be edited and performed, and what the Bard means to contemporary culture. Combining reportage, interviews, and critical analysis, it traces quarrels among scholars, conspiracy-minded amateurs, editors, and critics over authorship theories (including Oxfordian claims), textual variants (quartos versus the First Folio), and politically charged readings, showing how personality, ideology, and academic turf wars have shaped the Bard's reputation and our understanding of his work.
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- 2006
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