The Quest for Shakespeare: The Peculiar History and Surprising Legacy of the New Shakspere Society
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This book traces the formation and impact of the New Shakspere Society, created in 1873, which dedicated itself to solving the mysteries of Shakespeare's authorship by way of science. This promise, however, was undermined not only by the antics of its director, Frederick J. Furnivall, but also by the inexactitudes of the tests. Jeffrey Kahan puzzles out how a society geared towards science quickly devolved into a series of grudge matches. Nonetheless,...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:3319840118
ISBN13:9783319840116
Release Date:July 2018
Publisher:Palgrave MacMillan
Length:164 Pages
Weight:0.52 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"
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