Monstrous Adversary: The Life of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford
by Alan H. Nelson
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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. The work reconstructs Oxford's life, assesses his poetic works, and demonstrates the absurdity of attributing Shakespeare's works to him. The first documentary biography of Oxford for over seventy years, Monstrous Adversary seeks to measure the real Oxford against the myth. Impeccably researched and presenting many show more documents written by Oxford himself, Nelson's book provides a unique insight into Elizabethan society and manners through the eyes of a man whose life was privately scandalous and richly documented. show lessTags
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A scholarly life of an Elizabethan aristocrat who was a pioneering secular poet but would be forgotten today had he not become a favorite, albeit ludicrous, candidate for the position of "alternative Shakespeare". Dr. Nelson's study is thorough to the point of being somewhat heavy going in places. My review is at http://stromata.tripod.com/id452.htm
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Alan H. Nelson is professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley.
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- Canonical title
- Monstrous Adversary: The Life of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford
- Original publication date
- 2003-08
- People/Characters
- Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford; William Shakespeare
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, History, Literature Studies and Criticism, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 942.05 — History & geography History of Europe England and Wales England 1485-1603, Tudors
- LCC
- DA358 .O8 .N45 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Great Britain History of Great Britain England History By period Modern, 1485- Tudors, 1485-1603 Elizabeth I, 1558-1603. Elizabethan age
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 4
