The Murder of the Man Who Was Shakespeare (New York: Julian Messner, 1955). The case for Marlowe, which starts off with the great advantage that he was a much more important writer than de Vere. But, like the Oxfordians, the Marlovians have to get around the basic problem of their hero’s death, in this instance a much-publicized murder in 1593. Hoffman’s answer is that Marlowe faked his own death to avoid being prosecuted for heresy .

Frank Wadsworth,

The Poacher from Stratford (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1958). A fair and succinct summary of the rival claims up to that time .

James McManaway,

The Authorship of Shakespeare (Amherst, Mass.: Folger Shakespeare Library, 1962). The establishment position, as issued by the establishment .

S. Schoenbaum,

Shakespeare’s Lives (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1991). A scholarly yet highly readable survey of Shakespeare’s biographers .

Charlton Ogburn,

The Mysterious William Shakespeare (McLean, Va.: EPM Publications, 1992). Ogburn, the leading Oxfordian, inherited the mantle from his parents, both of whom also wrote books on the subject. Ogburn has been more successful than any of his predecessors in forcing the academic establishment to pay attention, and his book even earned a respectful response in the mainstream journal

Shakespeare Quarterly .

অজানা পৃষ্ঠা