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Contested Will
This is a review for a new book about the authorship issue. I've really always thought the authorship issue was more of a non-issue. In our "Death of the Author" age isn't it better not to worry about the man who wrote the work and instead just delve into the text? Since Shakespeare has come to stand it for so many things, perhaps it's better that we know so little about him. But when faced with proponents of the Oxfordian or Baconian camps, I find myself rising to challenge of asserting my Stratfordian views.
This book, however, seems to be more of an chronicling of the history of the authorship problem. This does intrigue me since I believe the last literature I read on the subject was by Mark Twain, (though it was good for a few laughs). This is definitely going on my summer reading list (along with the million other things I have picked up over the year).
This is a review for a new book about the authorship issue. I've really always thought the authorship issue was more of a non-issue. In our "Death of the Author" age isn't it better not to worry about the man who wrote the work and instead just delve into the text? Since Shakespeare has come to stand it for so many things, perhaps it's better that we know so little about him. But when faced with proponents of the Oxfordian or Baconian camps, I find myself rising to challenge of asserting my Stratfordian views.
This book, however, seems to be more of an chronicling of the history of the authorship problem. This does intrigue me since I believe the last literature I read on the subject was by Mark Twain, (though it was good for a few laughs). This is definitely going on my summer reading list (along with the million other things I have picked up over the year).
