Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 527 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
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Liverpool English texts and studies ; 40 |
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Liverpool English texts and studies ; 40.
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Contents |
pt. 1: Roots, 1548-1562 -- pt. 2: Youth, 1562-1571 -- pt. 3: Emancipation, 1571-1574 -- pt. 4: Exploration, 1574-1576 -- pt. 5: Alienation, 1576-1579 -- pt. 6: Intrigue, 1579-1580 -- pt. 7: Sedition, 1580-1581 -- pt. 8: Release, 1581-1585 -- pt. 9: Reiteration, 1586-1591 -- pt. 10: Renewal, 1592-1959 -- pt. 11: Re-engagement, 1595-1599 -- pt. 12: Decline, 1600-1604 -- pt. 13: Aftermath, 1604-1613 |
Summary |
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 documents written by Oxford himself, Nelson?s book provides a unique insight into Elizabethan society a |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Subject |
Oxford, Edward De Vere, Earl of, 1550-1604.
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SUBJECT |
Oxford, Edward De Vere, Earl of, 1550-1604 fast |
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Poets, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Biography
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Literary patrons -- Great Britain -- Biography
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Landowners -- Great Britain -- Biography
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Nobility -- Great Britain -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
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Courts and courtiers
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Intellectual life
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Landowners
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Literary patrons
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Nobility
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Poets, English -- Early modern -- Biography
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Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603 -- Biography
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Great Britain -- Court and courtiers -- History -- 16th century
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Great Britain -- Court and courtiers -- Biography
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England -- Intellectual life -- 16th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043301
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England
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Great Britain
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Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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LC no. |
2004401816 |
ISBN |
9781781387726 |
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1781387729 |
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9781846313592 |
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1846313597 |
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