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This book consists of essays on Shakespeare’s plays and related matters written from an Oxfordian viewpoint (that is, under the assumption that the author was Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford). The first section consists of reviews of performances of the plays, frequently from the 1978-82 BBC series. Other sections explore possible awareness of Oxford’s authorship by Sir Walter Scott and Herman Melville. There are detailed analyses of Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Winters's Tale, and Cymbeline, whose putative hero, Posthumus, is identified with the historical figure Henry VII.
"Dr. Berney has a way with words that never fails to surprise and delight as he brings a keen intellect and an unusual perspective to the Oxfordian subjects he addresses. Who else would have thought to call Sir Walter Scott a 'Paleo-Oxfordian?' Or find in Cymbeline Shakespeare’s 'missing' Henry VII play? Even Stratfordians might crack a grin (or perhaps a grimace) at Berney’s sly observation that 'If speculation is outlawed, what happens to the works of Stephen Greenblatt, James Shapiro, and Stanley Wells?'” --- James Warren, editor, Index to Oxfordian Publications.
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Behind every great story in history there have almost always been hidden stories. The old cliche that the "winners write history" is, in fact, quite true. And so it is, too, in the well-known matter of the Shakespeare authorship question: Was the real "Shake-speare" someone other than the actor from Stratford? Is the traditional history of "Shake-speare" little more than a false report of history?
For Oxfordians -- those who believe that Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, was the true "Shake-speare" -- this hidden story goes behind the scenes of Queen Elizabeth's court to reveal a world of political intrigue and betrayal. It also reveals how and why Oxford became "Shake-speare" at the end of his life; why he may have considered himself the rightful King Edward VII; what he was really writing about in his plays (nearly half concerned with royal rights and succession to the throne); and, most especially, what he was really writing about in his famously enigmatic sonnets. In Joshua Gray's The Life and Death of King Edward this story is brought to life, first in a series of poems that fill in the back story from 1548 into the 1590s, leading up to Shake-speares Sonnets printed in 1609. These verses are presented in a compressed form of four lines each, within the chapter-by-chapter structure of the underlying story hiding in plain sight.
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"Whittemore strongly champions the Oxfordian argument in this tour de force defense while remaining a highly entertaining writer. A breezy but very intelligent tone is maintained throughout the book; the reader is neither patronized nor boggled by minutiae and jargon. Instead, there is a magnetic sense of history, art, politics, and human nature injected into a smooth and eminently readable storytelling style."-- "Kirkus Reviews"
“An exceptionally lucid and thorough exploration of the arguments supporting J.T. Looney’s controversial theory that the true Shakespeare was the Earl of Oxford. Masterfully organized, the book takes the reader through 100 primary reasons supporting the theory. Whittemore’s long experience studying and writing about the authorship question, and keen eye for problematic fact or surprising but enlightening perspective, is evident throughout.” -- Roger Stritmatter, Ph.D., associate Professor of Humanities at Coppin State University and general editor of Brief Chronicles: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Authorship Studies
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Did William Shakspere from Stratford write the plays and poetry credited
to Shakespeare? This has been a contentious literary topic for over a
century. Most experts heatedly deny there is any problem. Stanley Wells,
former Chairman of The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust for 20 years and a
world-recognized Shakespeare expert says, “I have never seen the
slightest reason to doubt his authorship.” The Shakespeare Fraud sees
plenty of reasons and constructs a fascinating and absorbing story of a
different author showing, from cradle to grave, how and why Edward de
Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, became Shakespeare. It’s a backstage story of
dynastic political intrigue at the highest levels of Queen Elizabeth’s
government, which drastically revises the involvement of the glove
maker’s son from Stratford.
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In the second edition of Another Hamlet (2013) Charles Boyle has expanded upon his original thesis that Leslie Howard's fate was bound up with both his apparent conversion to the Oxfordian thesis of the authorship of Shakespeare (as depicted in his 1941 WWII propaganda film Pimpernel Smith), and his clear involvement in England's WWII efforts not just as an artist and a propagandist who infuriated Joseph Goebbels, but -- perhaps also -- a spy. "Another Hamlet is a riveting political thriller that explores the life and tragic death of actor and film-maker, Leslie Howard, a British patriot drawn into a deadly propaganda duel with the Germans. Deftly interweaving the behind-the-scenes politics of World War II with the decadent showbiz world of the 1930s-1940s, Boyle makes the tantalizing suggestion that it was Howard s growing conviction that the Earl of Oxford wrote Shakespeare which sealed his doom. From Leslie Howard himself to Humphrey Bogart, Merle Oberon, Winston Churchill, Anthony Eden, and Joseph Goebbels, Boyle brings to life a fascinating and often chilling cast of characters to tell the story of a maverick artist's losing battle with the power-brokers of his age." -- Charles Beauclerk, author of Nell Gwynn and Shakespeare's Lost Kingdom.
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Twelve Years in the Life of Shakespeare is a compilation of columns ("A Year in the Life of Shakespeare") originally written by Hank Whittemore for the newsletter Shakespeare Matters from 2001-2005. Written from the Oxfordian point of view (i.e.,that Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, was the true Shakespeare), each column concentrated on just one year and discussed the known events in the author's life in conjunction with the recorded history and literature of that year, and the ways in which the plays and poems in the Shakespeare canon may reflect and/or comment on these connections.
"Hank Whittemore’s Twelve Years in the Life of Shakespeare (Forever Press, 2012) focuses on another under appreciated area of Shakespeare studies, the politics of the Shakespeare plays. As an Oxfordian regarding Shakespeare as the pseudonym for a court insider, Whittemore offers chapters on individual years from 1564 to 1604, chapters that are less speculative and make for far more rewarding reading than entire books by Stratfordians devoted to individual years in the incumbent Bard’s life." -- William S. Niederkorn in The Brooklyn Rail (Feb. 5th, 2013)
A Poet's Rage is a compilation of essays focused on understanding Shakespeare through the prism of the Oxfordian theory of authorship (i.e., that Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, was the man behind the Shakespeare mask). The collection was edited by William Boyle, and includes essays from some of the most prominent Oxfordian scholars writing over the past 25 years (e.g., Charles Beauclerk, Hank Whittemore, Prof. Daniel Wright, William Plumer Fowler). The purpose of this collection is not to argue the case for Oxford's authorship of Shakespeare per se, but rather to demonstrate how many notoriously enigmatic aspects of Shakespeare studies (e.g., are the Sonnets autobiographical, was "Shakespeare" a Catholic or not, how did "Shakespeare" survive in an Elizabethan police state that eventually arrested and punished nearly every one else) can be understood from this Oxfordian point of view. "An excellent collection of essays that provide solid, supported facts, not the conjecture and supposition that passes for "orthodox" Shakespearean scholarship. Was Edward De Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, the real author of the plays and poems attributed to the pen name "William Shake-speare"? Quite possibly. Was the author, in fact, Willelmus Shakspere, commoner, money lender, investor, litigious illiterate crank of Stratford on Avon? Absolutely not." -- amazon.com customer review
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An Index to Oxfordian Publications (Fourth Edition) is a complete index of all the newsletter and journal articles, commentary, letters and reviews published by Oxfordians since J. Thomas Looney's Shakespeare Identified transformed the Shakespeare authorship debate in 1920. [The Oxfordian theory is that Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, was the man behind the "Shake-speare" mask.]Today the Oxfordian movement is by far the leading theory of the truth behind "Shake-speare," and has had a significant, undeniable influence on Shakespeare studies at all levels.The 4th Edition of An Index to Oxfordian Publications contains more than 9,000 entries, including current Oxfordian publications through the end of 2016 and more than 2,000 newly added entries from both specialized and general interest publications from around the world (all commenting directly or indirectly on the Oxfordian theory and its impact), and a bibliography of more than 350 books on the Oxfordian theory and the Shakespeare authorship question in general. The Index is unparalleled in its thorough coverage of the now 99-year-old Oxfordian movement and its impact on both the Shakespeare authorship question and Shakespeare studies in general, and would be an invaluable addition to any library with a significant Shakespeare collection.
"A superb resource. Any serious researcher on the Shakespeare authorship question or Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, must own this book." -- Dr. Roger Stritmatter, Chopin State University.
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