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Book Synopsis
The Elizabethan Court poet Edward de Vere has, since 1920, lived a notorious second, wholly illegitimate life as the putative author of the poems and plays of William Shakespeare.

Table of Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Editorial Procedures
  • Introduction
  • Part I Roots 1548-1562
  • Part II Youth 1562-1571
  • Part III Emancipation 1571-1574
  • Part IV Exploration 1574-1576
  • Part V Alienation 1576-1579
  • Part VI Intrigue 1579-1580
  • Part VII Sedition 1580-1581
  • Part VIII Release 1581-1585
  • Part IX Reiteration 1586-1591
  • Part X Renewal 1592-1595
  • Part XI Re-engagement 1595-1599
  • Part XII Decline 1600-1604
  • Part XIII 1604-1613
  • Notes
  • Appendix: Oxford’s Letters and Libel Documents
  • Bibliography
  • Index

Monstrous Adversary The Life of Edward de Vere

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      Publisher: Liverpool University Press
      Publication Date: 8/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780853236887, 978-0853236887
      ISBN10: 0853236887

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The Elizabethan Court poet Edward de Vere has, since 1920, lived a notorious second, wholly illegitimate life as the putative author of the poems and plays of William Shakespeare.

      Table of Contents
      • List of Illustrations
      • List of Abbreviations
      • Acknowledgements
      • Editorial Procedures
      • Introduction
      • Part I Roots 1548-1562
      • Part II Youth 1562-1571
      • Part III Emancipation 1571-1574
      • Part IV Exploration 1574-1576
      • Part V Alienation 1576-1579
      • Part VI Intrigue 1579-1580
      • Part VII Sedition 1580-1581
      • Part VIII Release 1581-1585
      • Part IX Reiteration 1586-1591
      • Part X Renewal 1592-1595
      • Part XI Re-engagement 1595-1599
      • Part XII Decline 1600-1604
      • Part XIII 1604-1613
      • Notes
      • Appendix: Oxford’s Letters and Libel Documents
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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