Exploring the evidence that the works of Shakespeare were written by Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford

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Notes Towards an Elizabethan Twelfth Night

The role of the allowed fool in Shakespeare is a complex subject. In this thought-provoking article, Charles Boyle helps us to understand what Shakespeare’s fool in Twelfth Night is saying, and, more importantly, who the fool probably represents.

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The Problem of The Funeral Elegy

Can deductive reasoning lead to solving Shakespeare authorship problems? Joe Sobran writes an interesting exchange between Holmes and Watson as they discuss The Funeral Elegy and Professor Donald Foster’s assertion that his computer analysis reveals the poem was indeed authored by the Bard.

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Invalid Logic and The Slippery Stratfordian

In this thought provoking article, Leonard Deming explains the fallacies of logic with particular attention paid to the nonsensical arguments that Stratfordians make in attempting to defend their orthodoxy. This article is must-read homework for anyone discussing the Shakespeare authorship question with defenders of the Stratford myth.

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A Little More than Kuhn, and Less than Kind

Mark Anderson takes a look at the Stratfordian theory of Shakespeare authorship from the perspective of Thomas Kuhn’s seminal book, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. He shows convincingly that the Stratfordian theory of authorship is an endangered species in spite of the assertions of its supporters to the contrary.

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Shakespeare’s Use of Language

In this intriguing study, Stephanie Caruana examines the use of the expression “em” and “them” in the Shakespeare Canon. She discovers several curious things about the frequency of occurrence of these terms in the works of Shakespeare and makes a few interesting speculations about what they mean for the authorship question.

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An Update on the Controversy Surrounding A Funeral Elegy

In this article, Stephanie Caruana provides an update to the controversy over the authorship of A Funeral Elegy, a topic that has several Stratfordians and Oxfordians on the same page! Donald Foster’s assignation of A Funeral Elegy, to Shakespeare casts another cloud over the use (and misuse) of computerized stylometrics to shore up the dying thesis that a rustic grain dealer and theater entrepreneur wrote the works of the Bard.

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De Vere: Man of Independence

Richard Whalen’s paper offers some intriguing evidence that Edward de Vere and the Shakespeare Canon may have been linked in some people’s minds nearly 100 or more years before Looney’s Shakespeare Identified was published.

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Joseph Sobran on Shakespeare’s Bible

One of the finest University Wits of the 20th Century was the late Joe Sobran, a syndicated columnist and Shakespeare lover. In this short article, Mr. Sobran provides an update on the research into the marginalia of Edward de Vere’s Geneva Bible owned by the Folger Shakespeare Library.

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A Quintessence of Dust

Written at the time he was a graduate student, Professor Roger Stritmatter provides an update on his analysis of the marginalia in the Folger Shakespeare Library’s copy of Edward de Vere’s 400 year-old Geneva Bible.

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Response to Smithsonian Magazine regarding Shakespeare’s Bible

In response to mis-representations about the significance of Professor Stritmatter’s work on the Edward de Vere Bible by both the Folger Shakespeare Library and the Smithsonian Magazine, an article and letter of rebuttal to the Smithsonian appeared in the spring 1995 Shakespeare Oxford Society newsletter.

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Shakespeare’s Good Book

Mark Anderson writes an editorial for a local newspaper that presents a compelling (but dated) summary of the case for Edward de Vere as the true author of the works of the Bard.

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The Shakespeare Canon of Statutory Construction

Supreme Court Justice Stevens addresses the search for truth and justice by discussing the view that Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford is the true author of the Shakespeare Canon and how that view may help understand statutory construction.

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