The Shakespeare Authorship Coalition [SOS Blog]
April 23, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: John Shahan at (909) 626-2000 Claremont, California, April 23, 2007 – Today, on the 391st anniversary of the death of Stratford’s
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The True Tragedy of Richard the Third: another Early History Play by Edward de Vere
April 21, 2007
by Ramon Jiménez This article appeared in a slightly different form in the 2004 issue of The Oxfordian The anonymous history play, The True Tragedy
THE POEMS OF SIR FRANCIS BACON
March 10, 2007
THE LIFE OF MAN The world’s a bubble; and the life of man less than a span. In his conception wretched; from the womb so
Lessons from a Seminar
September 23, 2006
In the Winter 1996 Ever Reader we published a paper by Charles Boyle on Twelfth Night, which was to be presented at the combined SAA and World Shakespeare Congress in Los Angeles in April. Well, present it he did, but what occurred at the Seminar on Elizabethan Theatrical Enterprise was more of a lesson on the authorship debate than on Twelfth Night.
Love, “Attributing Authorship”: reviewed by Jiménez
September 20, 2006
Oxfordian scholar Ramon Jiménez reviews Attributing Authorship: An Introduction by Harold Love, professor of English at Monash University in Victoria, Australia. One chapter of Professor Love’s book is devoted to the authorship issue and Mr. Jiménez gives it the incisive analysis that those familiar with his previous reviews have come to expect.
Three Book Reviews – Bloom, Wells, and Dobson & Wells
August 19, 2006
Three Stratfordian books are critically reviewed by Oxfordian Ramon Jiménez: Hamlet: Poem Unlimited, by Harold Bloom; Shakespeare: for all time, by Stanley Wells; and, The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare, edited by Michael Dobson and Stanley Wells.
The Battle over Funeral Elegy
July 23, 2006
Although it is now well known the Funeral Elegy was written by John Ford, not Shakespeare, this article still contains some interesting information. It should be noted that an article by Prof. Gilles Monsarrat which put to rest the assertion that Shakespeare wrote Elegy was informed by Richard Kennedy, an Oxfordian and the first to correctly attribute the poem to John Ford.
Interview with Charlton Ogburn
July 23, 2006
In the first issue of Apostrophe, a new publication from the University of South Carolina in Beaufort, editor Sheila Tombe talks with Charlton Ogburn about his life-long mission to convince the world of the Edward de Vere’s authorship of the Shakespeare Canon.
The Tempest and the Bermuda Shipwreck of 1609
July 23, 2006
This article by Peter Moore first appeared on the Oxfordian page of The Shakespeare Newsletter (Fall, 1991). While it deals only in part with the dating of The Tempest, it does help to remind readers that the dating of Shakespeare’s plays has been, and continues to be, a problem for all scholars. There is no certainity in any of it, but rather only speculation which must be based on careful consideration of all the facts and all the sources.
The Dates of Shakespeare’s Plays
July 23, 2006
A common objection to the Earl of Oxford as the author of Shakespeare’s works is that he died in 1604, while perhaps a dozen of Shakespeare’s plays are said to be written after that date. This article briefly examines this aspect of the authorship controversy.
A Matter of Small Consequence
July 22, 2006
Roger Stritmatter takes a close look at Terry Ross’s essay on “What George Puttenham Really Said” in The Arte of English Poesie, and concludes that Mr. Ross is himself more guilty of a “carelessness with evidence” than the Oxfordians he rails against.
‘The Rest’ is Not Silence
July 21, 2006
Andy Hannas examines a key element of Terry Ross’s analysis of “The Arte” (who are “the rest”?), and finds, here too, Mr. Ross has missed the mark.
Barding Up The Wrong Tree [SOS Blog]
April 23, 2006
Celebrating Shakespeare’s Birthday on April 23rd — Or “Barding” Up The Wrong Tree? Silver Spring, MD 20902 April 23, 2006 Contact: Matthew Cossolotto 914-245-9721 Email:
Mark Twain: Is Shakespeare Dead?
April 21, 2006
Excerpts from Is Shakespeare Dead by Mark Twain, an exploration of the Shakespeare authorship question originally published in 1909. [The full text of Mark Twain’s
Shakespeare’s Bible Brings Truth to Light
March 13, 2006
Roger Stritmatter and Mark Anderson presented an update on their research into Edward de Vere’s Geneva Bible and what it means for both Shakespeare studies in general and for the authorship debate.
Biblical References in Shakespeare’s Comedies
March 13, 2006
This review (by Roger Stritmatter) of Prof. Shaheen’s 1993 book was first published in The Elizabethan Review. Stritmatter uses his continuing research into Edward de Vere’s bible for reference points in reviewing and commenting on Shaheen’s latest work.
