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Winkler, Elizabeth (Journalist)
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Authorship.
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Winkler, Elizabeth (Journalist)
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Authorship.
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Shakespeare
was a
woman
&
other
heresies
:
how
doubting
the
bard
became
the
biggest
taboo
in
literature
/ Elizabeth Winkler.
by
Winkler, Elizabeth (Journalist)
Simon & Schuster, 2023.
Call #:
822.33 Awi
Subjects
Shakespeare
, William, 1564-1616 -- Authorship.
ISBN:
9781982171261 (hc)
Edition:
1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Description:
xi, 399 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"A thrillingly provocative investigation into the
Shakespeare
authorship question, exploring
how
doubting
that William
Shakespeare
wrote his plays
became
an act of blasphemy...and who the
Bard
might really be. The theory that
Shakespeare
may not have written the works that bear his name is the most horrible, vexed, unspeakable subject in the history of English
literature
. Scholars admit that the Bard’s biography is a “black hole,” yet to publicly question the identity of the god of English
literature
is unacceptable, even (some say) “immoral.” In
Shakespeare
Was a
Woman
and
Other
Heresies
, journalist and literary critic Elizabeth Winkler sets out to probe the origins of this literary
taboo
. Whisking readers from London to Stratford-upon-Avon to Washington, DC, she pulls back the curtain to show
how
the forces of nationalism and empire, religion and mythmaking, gender and class have shaped our admiration for
Shakespeare
across the centuries. As she considers the writers and thinkers -- from Walt Whitman to Sigmund Freud to Supreme Court justices -- who have grappled with the riddle of the plays’ origins, she explores who may perhaps have been hiding behind his name. A forgotten
woman
? A disgraced aristocrat? A government spy? Hovering over the mystery are Shakespeare’s plays themselves, with their love for mistaken identities, disguises, and things never quite being what they seem. As she interviews scholars and skeptics, Winkler’s interest turns to the larger problem of historical truth -- and of
how
human imperfections (bias, blindness, subjectivity) shape our construction of the past. History is a story, and the story we find may depend on the story we’re looking for. An irresistible work of literary detection,
Shakespeare
Was a
Woman
and
Other
Heresies
will forever change
how
you think of
Shakespeare
...and of
how
we as a society decide what’s up for debate and what’s just nonsense, just heresy."--Publisher.
Genre:
Literary criticism.
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Tantallon Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
822.33 Awi
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