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Why it is Impossible to Write a Biography of William Shakespeare: Multiple Names, Contradictory Sources, and Political Purposes

Why it is Impossible to Write a Biography of William Shakespeare: Multiple Names, Contradictory Sources, and Political Purposes


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This book examines the scholarly research and investigations into the life of English Playwright William Shakespeare. Dr. Dureau sets to out show that writing an accurate and factual biography of Shakespeare is troubled by contradictory sources that use various names with varied political agendas.

Table of Contents:
Table of Illustrations - Acknowledgements - Foreword by Wayne Narey - Introduction - Chapter I: Shakespeare Shake-Spear, Break-Spear - I. Shakespeare's Origins - 1. Shakespeare's Homonyms - 2. The Impossible Reconstruction of Shakespeare's Family - II. Shakespeare's Anagrammatic Name - III. Shakespeare's Doubtful Authorship - Chapter II: Everything You May Read about William Shakespeare and the Motivations for Creative Biographers - I. The Axes of (Creative) Pulsion: The Disappearance of the Author's Body - 1. Pulsional Tension and Agony in the Absence of the Writer's Body - 2. Social and Academic Reasons to Follow the Golden Path of Forerunners - II. The Paradoxical Biographical Creation: The Lack of Evidence as Evidence - III. Shakespeare's Writing as the Source instead of the Playwright's Biography - IV. Relying on Twice-Told (or more) Tales - V. Exchanging a Very Well-Known Biography with Shakespeare's Unknown Biography - Chapter III: Everything We Should Bear in Mind When Engaged in Some Historical Research - I. History and the Search for Documents - 1. Documents and Comparison of Sources as a Key to Historical Research - 2. Reading Documents in a Different Light - 3. Definition of a Historical Document - II. The Independence of History from Authority and Government - 1. Science as Independence from Religion and Government - 2. The Organization of History in Society and Its Impact on Writing History - III. Subjective and Objective Dimensions: Writing History and Interpretation - IV. The Limits of Ideology - Chapter IV: Collecting Evidences - I. The Existing Documents - 1. Documents Mentioning William Shakespeare, Playwright and Actor in London - 2. Shakespeare's Creations and Own Handwriting - 3. Documents Bearing Shakespeare's Signature - II. The Absence of Links between London Shakespeare and Stratford Shakespeare - 1. Unsigned Documents - 2. Official Life Records - III. Reviewing the State of Our Documented Knowledge - Chapter V: In Search of the Lost Shakespeare - I. Elements Pointing to Existence of Two Different William Shakespeares - II. The Forgotten Clues - 1. The Historical Evolution of the Strangers' Churches - 2. The Jansen Monument - III. The Paradoxical Link Between Stratford Shakespeare and London Shakespeare - IV. The Forgotten Document: The Denization Document? - Conclusion - Bibliography - Index - Appendixes


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781495506369
  • Publisher: The Edwin Mellen Press
  • Publisher Imprint: The Edwin Mellen Press
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Multiple Names, Contradictory Sources, and Political Purposes
  • ISBN-10: 1495506363
  • Publisher Date: 01 Apr 2018
  • Binding: Hardback
  • No of Pages: 260


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