The Shakespeare Claimants

H.N. Gibson

Psychology Press, 1962 - Literary Criticism - 320 pages

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.

Contents

• INTRODUCTION page: 9
• DENIGRATION OF AN ACTOR: 31
• THE CASE FOR FRANCIS BACON: 48
• THE CASE FOR THE OXFORD SYNDICATE: 72
• THE CASE FOR LORD DERBY: 91
• THE CASE FOR CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE: 124
• PARALLELISMS AND THE PROMUS: 153
• vni SHAKESPEARES SCHOLARSHIP AND VOCABULARY: 172
• METAMORPHOSES OF THE SONNETS: 189
• RICHARD n AND THE MISSING LINK: 203
• THE HIDDEN HAND IN AS YOU LIKE IT: 210
• THE NORTHUMBERLAND MS: 224
• THE FEUDAL ARISTOCRAT: 236
• PORTRAITS AND MONUMENTS: 246
• FOUR MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS: 258
• A TUGOFWAR WITH THE FIRST FOLIO: 268
• VICE VERSA: 289
• CONFUSIONS AND CONCLUSIONS: 301
• BIBLIOGRAPHY: 309
• APPENDIX: 312
• INDEX: 314

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Shakespeare Claimants; Volume 19 of Critical studies; Routledge Library Editions; Routledge Library Editions: Shakespeare; Volume 19 of Routledge library editions: Shakespeare, critical studies
• Author: H.N. Gibson
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Psychology Press, 1962
• ISBN: 0415352908, 9780415352901
• Length: 320 pages
• Subjects: Literary Criticism / Poetry; Literary Criticism / Shakespeare