Shakespeare IdentifiedJ. Thomas Looney
Shakespeare Identified
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)
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56 capítulos
16 h 55 min
- 1 Preface and Preliminary Note7:06
- 2 Introduction23:27
- 3 The Stratfordian View, part 19:32
- 4 The Stratfordian View, part 215:41
- 5 The Stratfordian View, part 311:56
- 6 The Stratfordian View, part 442:02
- 7 The Stratfordian View, part 522:53
- 8 The Stratfordian View, part 610:16
- 9 The Stratfordian View, part 78:46
- 10 The Stratfordian View, part 85:48
- 11 The Stratfordian View, part 916:15
- 12 The Stratfordian View, part 107:59
- 13 Character of the Problem27:13
- 14 Method of Solution11:16
- 15 The Author: General Features21:30
- 16 The Author: Special Characteristics29:20
- 17 The Search and Discovery20:44
- 18 Conditions Fulfilled14:00
- 19 Edward De Vere as Lyric Poet25:44
- 20 The Lyric Poetry of Edward De Vere, part 118:20
- 21 The Lyric Poetry of Edward De Vere, part 219:30
- 22 The Lyric Poetry of Edward De Vere, part 317:01
- 23 The Lyric Poetry of Edward De Vere, part 418:30
- 24 Records and Early Life of De Vere, part 1 - The Reputation of the Earl of Oxford20:30
- 25 Records and Early Life of De Vere, part 2 - The Ancestory of Edward De Vere7:33
- 26 Records and Early Life of De Vere, part 3 - The Earls of Oxford in the Wars of the Roses11:52
- 27 Records and Early Life of De Vere, part 4 - Father of Edward De Vere5:49
- 28 Records and Early Life of De Vere, part 5 - A Royal Ward30:43
- 29 Early Manhood, part 124:06
- 30 Early Manhood, part 227:01
- 31 Early Manhood, part 324:28
- 32 Manhood of De Vere. Middle Period. Dramatic Foreground27:43
- 33 Manhood of De Vere, part 211:06
- 34 Manhood of De Vere, part 38:07
- 35 Manhood of De Vere, part 49:34
- 36 Manhood of De Vere, part 530:10
- 37 Manhood of De Vere, part 619:34
- 38 Manhood of De Vere. An Interlude25:50
- 39 Manhood of De Vere. Final Example, part 121:23
- 40 Manhood of De Vere. Final Example, part 220:54
- 41 Manhood of De Vere. Final Example, part 320:10
- 42 Manhood of De Vere. Final Example, part 420:10
- 43 Posthumous Considerations, part 119:00
- 44 Posthumous Considerations, part 220:11
- 45 Posthumous Considerations, part 319:33
- 46 Poetic Self-Revelation. The Sonnets, part 119:18
- 47 Poetic Self-Revelation. The Sonnets, part 224:12
- 48 Dramatic Self-Revelation - Hamlet, part 117:41
- 49 Dramatic Self-Revelation - Hamlet, part 216:12
- 50 Dramatic Self-Revelation - Hamlet, part 314:09
- 51 Chronological Summary of Edward De Vere and Shakespeare10:18
- 52 Conclusion17:01
- 53 Appendix 1 - The Tempest, part 117:50
- 54 Appendix 1 - The Tempest, part 218:13
- 55 Appendix 1 - The Tempest, part 320:29
- 56 Appendix 2 - Supplementary Matters9:41