Alias Shakespeare Solving Greatest by Sobran Joseph (10 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. Flat signed by the author on first page; 311 pages; color il'd dust jacket is in new clear protective mylar. Signed by author. Hardcover (dj).

hardcover. Condition: Very Good in Dustjacket. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. New York. 1997. Free Press. 1st Printing. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0684826585. 8 pages of photos and illustrations. 311 pages. hardcover. Cover: Rob Day. keywords: Shakespeare History Biography. DESCRIPTION - Who wrote Shakespeare's plays? Today, the long-standing and impassioned debate about the so-called authorship question is perceived by Shakespearean scholars as the preserve of eccentrics and cranks. But in this contrarian work of literary detection, author Joseph Sobran boldly reopens this debate and allows the members of Shakespeare's vast contemporary public to weigh all the evidence and decide for themselves. An enormous shelf of biographical scholarship has grown up over the past 300 years around the 'Swan of Avon.' But what are these histories based on? Revealing that no more than a handful of fragmentary documents attest to Shakespeare's existence-and virtually none which link him to the plays themselves-Sobran delightfully debunks this elaborate egalitarian myth concocted in equal parts of speculation, wishfulness, and fantasy. More importantly, Sobran shows how many questions the myth leaves unanswered: How could a provincial actor from Stratford gain such an intimate knowledge of court life? How could he know so much of classical authors and not own a single book? How could he write compromising love sonnets to his social superior, the powerful Earl of Southampton? How could he know so much of Italy, a place he never visited? Why was there no notice of the famous writer's death in 1616? Why, in short, does Shakespeare remain such an obscure and shadowy figure? Methodically demolishing the case for 'Mr. Shakspere,' Sobran shows it is highly implausible that he wrote the poems and plays we know as The Works of William Shakespeare. Other candidates exist, of course, including Ben Jonson, Christopher Marlowe, and Francis Bacon. Sobran dispenses with these claimants, then sets forth the startlingly persuasive case for Edward de Vere, the seventeenth Earl of Oxford. Oxford was a widely traveled, classically educated member of the Elizabethan court. A swashbuckling spendthrift, he swung high and low in the eyes of his peers. Having spent most of his fort This erudite and entertaining work of literary detection sets out to solve the most puzzling mystery in all of literary history: Who wrote Shakespeare's plays? Presenting his case for a swashbuckling Elizabethan courtier, Sobran vindicates a long list of prominent skeptics, among them the great Shakespearean actors, Kenneth Branagh and Sir John Gielgud. inventory #23657.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing with full number line. A fine copy except for a blind embossed owner stamp on the title page in a fine mylar protected DJ. See my photos of the book for sale-not a stock photo, more available upon request. This book will be packed securely in bubble wrap and shipped in a cardboard box. #AD5.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Second Printing. ; Presentation copy: "To .With best wishes, Joe Sobran" (Signed on the front fly-leaf) . Illustrated with black-and-white portraits. The dust jacket is protected by a Brodart mylar cover and is not price clipped. Not an ex-library copy. No remainder marks. Most books shipped within 24 hours. All books mailed with Delivery Confirmation. Fine condition in fine dust jacket. A printed letter containing the "Phaeton" sonnet is laid in as is a bookmark for Alias Shakespeare. ; Black-and-white illustrations; 8vo.; 311 pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First printing, full number line. Signed by the author on the front endpaper: "Joe Sobran"; two promo sheets and a bookmark laid in. Sobran makes the case for Edward de Vere being Shakespeare. The book is square and unmarked; corners sharp, tail of spine bumped. The dust jacket is not price-clipped (original price $25.00); Brodart protected. Signed by Author(s).

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Hardback. Joseph Sobran, Simon & Schuster Ltd. This text claims that the link between William Shakespeare and the works published under his name is weak, and it argues instead that Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford and a literary Elizabethan courtier, is a far more plausible author than Shakespeare, the obscure country actor. Hardback.

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312pp. 8vo. Original cloth-backed boards in dustwrapper. B/w plates. A fine copy. . First edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Printing. Persuasive argument that Edward de Vere, the seventeenth Earl of Oxford write the plays attributed to Shakespeare. SIGNED by the Author on front endpaper. Literary Criticism, Shakespeare, Signed. Signed by Author(s).