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100 1 _aDurning-Lawrence, Edwin, Sir,
_d1837-1914
245 1 0 _aBacon is Shake-Speare :
_bTogether with a Reprint of Bacon's Promus of Formularies and Elegancies
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2006
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2006-02-01
508 _aEtext produced by Jonathan Ingram, Graham Smith, Tapio Riikonen and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. HTML file produced by David Widger
520 _a"Bacon is Shake-Speare" by Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence is a non-fiction work written during the early 20th century that explores the controversial theory that the plays attributed to William Shakespeare were actually authored by Francis Bacon. This book delves into the intellectual capacity of Shakespeare’s works, arguing that the breadth of knowledge and sophistication displayed in the plays could not plausibly belong to an uneducated man from Stratford-upon-Avon. Instead, Durning-Lawrence posits that Francis Bacon, a learned scholar and writer, was the true mind behind the iconic plays. The opening of the work introduces the reader to the central inquiry regarding the true authorship of Shakespeare's plays. Durning-Lawrence critiques the traditional belief in Shakespeare as an unlettered man, suggesting that the richness of legal, historical, and classical knowledge embedded in the texts necessitates a more elevated author. He uses various references and pieces of evidence, including contemporary critiques, to challenge the commonly accepted image of Shakespeare. As he presents historical anecdotes and observations, the author sets the stage for a deeper exploration of the notion that Shakespeare’s literary genius might be better attributed to Bacon’s intellect, leading the reader to reconsider long-held assumptions about one of literature's most esteemed figures. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aShakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Authorship -- Baconian theory
700 1 _aBacon, Francis,
_d1561-1626
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9847
999 _c51468
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