Author | : H. N Gibson |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 331 |
Release | : 2013-11-05 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1136561811 |
This edition first published in 1962. The Shakespeare Claimants is a critical survey of the great controversy that has raged over the authorship of the Shakespearean plays. It provides the general reader with an outline history of this controversy and with a full description and analysis of the main anti-Stratfordian arguments. This book concentrates on the four main claimants: Bacon, Oxford, Derby and Marlowe. The book contains an extensive bibliography and footnotes to guide the reader through the text.