The Shakespeare Controversy: An Analysis of the Claimants to Authorship, and Their Champions and Detractors

by William J. Ryczek, Kim R. Holston, Warren Hope

A survey of the debate over Shakespearean authorship. Includes black and white photographs and illustrations of the key figures in the debate as well as a few pictures of relevant artwork. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0899507352
• ISBN13: 9780899507354
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.

Customer Reviews

When will we admit that DeVere wrote the Shakespeare plays?

While making a compelling case for the Earl of Oxford as the writer of the Shakespeare plays, Warren Hope and Kim Holston have also provided an exemplary history of the Shakespeare authorship controversy. What's amazing is that DeVere's name hadn't become prominent in this controversy until the first part of the 20th century. Yet, the ground under the Stratford actor, Will Shakspere, had been eroding for nearly a century. The buildup to the Oxfordian-Stratfordian struggle (now taking place in the pages of Harper's magazine) is both dramatically and lucidly conveyed in this work. I was agnostic on this issue for many years; the combination of The Shakespeare Controversy and other research convinces me that DeVere's time has come. I highly recommend this book for its meticulous scholarship and excellent writing.