Shakespeare Identified

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism

Authors: J. Thomas Looney In Year : 1920

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Shakespeare Identified

Preface and Preliminary Note
Introduction
The Stratfordian View, part 1
The Stratfordian View, part 2
The Stratfordian View, part 3
The Stratfordian View, part 4
The Stratfordian View, part 5
The Stratfordian View, part 6
The Stratfordian View, part 7
The Stratfordian View, part 8
The Stratfordian View, part 9
The Stratfordian View, part 10
Character of the Problem
Method of Solution
The Author: General Features
The Author: Special Characteristics
The Search and Discovery
Conditions Fulfilled
Edward De Vere as Lyric Poet
The Lyric Poetry of Edward De Vere, part 1
The Lyric Poetry of Edward De Vere, part 2
The Lyric Poetry of Edward De Vere, part 3
The Lyric Poetry of Edward De Vere, part 4
Records and Early Life of De Vere, part 1 - The Reputation of the Earl of Oxford
Records and Early Life of De Vere, part 2 - The Ancestory of Edward De Vere
Records and Early Life of De Vere, part 3 - The Earls of Oxford in the Wars of the Roses
Records and Early Life of De Vere, part 4 - Father of Edward De Vere
Records and Early Life of De Vere, part 5 - A Royal Ward
Early Manhood, part 1
Early Manhood, part 2
Early Manhood, part 3
Manhood of De Vere. Middle Period. Dramatic Foreground
Manhood of De Vere, part 2
Manhood of De Vere, part 3
Manhood of De Vere, part 4
Manhood of De Vere, part 5
Manhood of De Vere, part 6
Manhood of De Vere. An Interlude
Manhood of De Vere. Final Example, part 1
Manhood of De Vere. Final Example, part 2
Manhood of De Vere. Final Example, part 3
Manhood of De Vere. Final Example, part 4
Posthumous Considerations, part 1
Posthumous Considerations, part 2
Posthumous Considerations, part 3
Poetic Self-Revelation. The Sonnets, part 1
Poetic Self-Revelation. The Sonnets, part 2
Dramatic Self-Revelation - Hamlet, part 1
Dramatic Self-Revelation - Hamlet, part 2
Dramatic Self-Revelation - Hamlet, part 3
Chronological Summary of Edward De Vere and Shakespeare
Conclusion
Appendix 1 - The Tempest, part 1
Appendix 1 - The Tempest, part 2
Appendix 1 - The Tempest, part 3
Appendix 2 - Supplementary Matters

That one who is not a recognized authority or an expert in literature should attempt the solution of a problem which has so far baffled specialists must doubtless appear to many as a glaring act of over- boldness; whilst to pretend to have actually solved this most momentous of literary puzzles will seem to some like sheer hallucination.

What I have to propose, however, is not an accidental discovery, but one resulting from a systematic search. And it is to the nature of the method, combined with a happy inspiration and a fortunate chance, that the results here described were reached.

These convinced me that the opponents of the orthodox view had made good their case to this extent, that there was no sufficient evidence that the man William Shakspere had written the works with which he was credited, whilst there was a very strong prima facie presumption that he had not. Everything seemed to point to his being but a mask, behind which some great genius, for inscrutable reasons, had elected to work out his own destiny. (Summary by ToddHW, from Introduction)