000 02451cam a22003253u 4500
001 29089
003 UtSlPG
005 20260610133649.0
006 m
007 cr n
008 260607r2009||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d
010 _a99002425
040 _aUtSlPG
041 7 _aen
_2iso639-1
050 4 _aPR
100 1 _aJohnson, Jesse,
_d1842-
245 1 0 _aTestimony of the Sonnets as to the Authorship of the Shakespearean Plays and Poems
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2009
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2009-06-10
508 _aProduced by D Alexander, Stephanie Eason, Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Testimony of the Sonnets as to the Authorship of the Shakespearean Plays and Poems" by Jesse Johnson is a critical examination written in the late 19th century. This work delves into the authorship of the Shakespearean Sonnets, arguing that they reveal insights about their author that contradict the established belief that William Shakespeare penned them. Johnson posits that the Sonnets were likely written to Shakespeare by another, older poet, whose emotional and personal experiences profoundly differ from those of the young playwright typically associated with them. The opening of the text introduces the idea that the Sonnets reflect intense emotions that could not pertain to Shakespeare's life at the time of their writing, given his relatively young age and burgeoning success. Johnson proposes an alternative interpretation, suggesting that the Sonnets express the feelings of a man much older, possibly well past middle age, addressing a younger friend or patron. He emphasizes a literal reading of the texts, contending that their content hints at experiences and sentiments inconsistent with Shakespeare's known biography, thus setting the stage for his argument against Shakespeare's authorship of the Sonnets within the broader context of the Shakespearean plays. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aShakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Authorship
653 _aShakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Sonnets
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29089
999 _c69937
_d69937