Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?browse=true&Ne=7523&N=3+7104+4294942029 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729253 When you are passionately, purely in love, nothing else matters--not even life itself. Shakespeares consummate tragedy of young lovers swept into a catastrophic vortex of misunderstandings, secrets, and fate is set in 1840s Alta California, a vibrant and conflicted time in our history. Romeo and Juliet, the son and daughter of two landed families locked in an old feud, are irresistibly drawn to each other. Defying the hatred and distrust surrounding them, they dare to believe they can--and must--be together. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731948 Just as Larry Newton, one of the most notorious inmates at Indiana Federal Prison, was trying to break out of jail, Dr. Laura Bates was trying to break in. Now, a decade later, her Shakespeare in Shackles program has been lauded by academics and prison communities alike. In this profound illustration of the enduring lessons of Shakespeare through the ten-year relationship of Bates and Newton, an amazing testament to the power of literature emerges. But its not just the prisoners who are transformed. It is a starkly engaging tale, one that will be embraced by anyone who has ever been changed by a book. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1629333 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711977 For over 150 years many intelligent, highly educated men and women have questioned whether William Shakespeare wrote the works attributed to him. From an obscure family in a small provincial town, Shakespeare had no formal education after the age of thirteen. His surviving handwriting consists of six signatures on legal documents. His will makes no mention of his books or manuscripts. His two daughters were illiterate. There is, in other words, a seemingly enormous gap between the meagreness of Shakespeares background and his achievements as the greatest and most famous writer in the English language. Over the years, numerous candidates have been proposed as the true author. Often dismissed by the orthodox Shakespeare establishment in Britain and America as crackpots, the Anti-Stratfordians, as they are known, have become increasingly visible and numerous during the past thirty years. Who Wrote Shakespeares Plays? provides a clear, objective guide to the Shakespeare authorship question by examining all of the candidates, including William Shakespeare himself. It is the first book to examine in an objective way the strengths and deficiencies of the arguments for each potential Shakespeare: Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford; Sir Francis Bacon; Christopher Marlowe; William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby; Roger Manners, 5th Earl of Rutland; Mary Sidney; Sir Henry Neville. William Rubinstein goes on to consider William Shakespeare himself in the same objective fashion. This book is a fascinating, comprehensive, and up-to-date look at one of historys greatest mysteries. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729672 El siempre original Arthur Phillips se ha superado a s mismo en este inteligente juego literario, mezcla de narrativa, teatro y autobiografa, con l mismo como socarrn personaje que se infiltra en el mundo de Shakespeare, en la industria editorial y en su propia familia, provocando un divertido efecto. Arthur Phillips y su hermana gemela, Dana, mantienen una relacin poco comn con su padre, tambin llamado Arthur Phillips, un falsificador apasionado por distorsionar y envolver de magia lo cotidiano. A punto de morir, Arthur, padre, le entrega a su hijo una obra maestra de Shakespeare que l mismo ha descubierto luego de que permaneciera oculta durante siglos, y lo invita a editarla. Como albacea literario de este patrimonio, Arthur, hijo, se cuestiona a menudo la autenticidad de la obra, al tiempo que pone en tela de juicio, durante el proceso filolgico que emprende para comprobarla, la fiabilidad de su tan excntrica como disfuncional familia. Porque Arthur est plenamente convencido de que la obra shakespeariana es la mayor estafa llevada a cabo por su padre... -- cover, p. [4]. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1577914 Vampire William Shakespeare concocts a plan to rid Katherine of her husband, but when they are shipwrecked on an island ruled by a wizard and a nymph they encounter a larger plot leading to the royal palace of Queen Elizabeth. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643903 Although her parents are renowned Shakespearean actors, Mirandas performance in a school play is disastrous but before she can get away to hide, Stephen, a castmate, whisks her to sixteenth century England to meet--and save--the young Will Shakespeare. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710977 A young orphan boy is ordered by his master to infiltrate Shakespeares acting troupe in order to steal the script of Hamlet, but he discovers instead the meaning of friendship and loyalty. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711123 Named after a character in a Shakespeare play, misfit sixth-grader Hero becomes interested in exploring this unusual connection because of a valuable diamond supposedly hidden in her new house, an intriguing neighbor, and the unexpected attention of the most popular boy in school. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1254461 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711141 In Stratford-upon-Avon in the sixteenth century, Anne Hathaway suffers her stepmothers cruelty and yearns for love and escape, finally finding it in the arms of a boy she has grown up with, William Shakespeare. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1426396 The first edition of Shakespeares collected works, the First Folio, published in 1623, is one of the most valuable books in the world and has historically proven to be an attractive target for thieves. Of the 160 First Folios listed in a census of 1902, 14 were subsequently stolen-and only two of these were ever recovered. In his efforts to catalog all these precious First Folios, renowned Shakespeare scholar Eric Rasmussen embarked on a riveting journey around the globe, involving run-ins with heavily tattooed criminal street gangs in Tokyo, bizarre visits with eccentric, reclusive billionaires, and intense battles of wills with secretive librarians. He explores the intrigue surrounding the Earl of Pembroke, arguably Shakespeares boyfriend, to whom the First Folio is dedicated and whose personal copy is still missing. He investigates the uncanny sequence of events in which a wealthy East Coast couple drowned in a boating accident and the next week their First Folio appeared for sale in Kansas. We hear about Folios that were censored, the pages ripped out of them, about a volume that was marked in red paint-or is it blood?-on every page; and of yet another that has a bullet lodged in its pages. Part literary detective story, part Shakespearean lore, The Shakespeare Thefts will charm the Bards many fans-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1454667 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1430208 Using the text from Shakespeares ten Italian Plays, the author determined the exact locations of nearly every scene, recording them in a work thats a combination literary detective story and travelogue. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1304101 Looks at the roles of justice and law in the lives of modern-day people through the lens of Shakespeares plays. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1270261 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708027 Yale University professor Harold Bloom presents a unique and exciting study of Shakespeares seven greatest tragedies. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1393880 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1542739 When their long-imprisoned con-artist father reaches the end of his life, Arthur and his twin sister become the owners of an undiscovered play by William Shakespeare that their father wants published, a final request that represents either a great literary gift or their fathers last great heist. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1298732 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1307015 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1128492 This cutting of ROMEO AND JULIET is edited to four key scenes, starting with the lyrical prologue and the foreboding opening brawl. The cutting includes the timeless balcony scene; the harsh scolding of Juliet by her father; and the final moments at the tomb. Also includeed is an essay by editor Nick Newlin on how to produce a Shakespeare play with novice actors, and notes about the original production of this abridgement at the Folger Shakespeare Librarys annual Student Shakespeare Festival.--publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1209556 Shakespeare lived in a world of absolutes, of claims for the absolute authority of scripture, monarch, and God, and the authority of fathers over wives and children, the old over the young, and the gentle over the baseborn. The author shows that Shakespeare was strikingly averse to such absolutes and constantly probed the possibility of freedom from them. Again and again, Shakespeare confounds the designs and pretensions of kings, generals, and churchmen. His aversion to absolutes even leads him to probe the exalted and seemingly limitless passions of his lovers. The author explores this rich theme by addressing four of Shakespeares preoccupations across all the genres in which he worked. He first considers the idea of beauty in Shakespeares works, specifically his challenge to the cult of featureless perfection and his interest in distinguishing marks. He then turns to Shakespeares interest in murderous hatred, most famously embodied in Shylock but seen also in the character Bernardine in Measure for Measure. Next the author considers the idea of Shakespearean authority, that is, Shakespeares deep sense of the ethical ambiguity of power, including his own. Ultimately, the auhor takes up Shakespearean autonomy, in particular the freedom of artists, guided by distinctive forms of perception, to live by their own laws and to claim that their creations are singularly unconstrained. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1163628 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1127752 Beauclerk has spent more than two decades researching the authorship question, and he convincingly argues that if the plays and poems of Shakespeare were discovered today, we would see them for what they are--shocking political works written by a court insider, someone whose status and anonymity shielded him from repression in an unstable time of armada and reformation. But the authors unique status and identity were swept under the rug after his death. The official history--of an uneducated Stratfordian merchant writing in obscurity and of a virginal queen married to her country--dominated for centuries. Shakespeares Lost Kingdom delves deep into the conflicts and personalities of Elizabethan England, as well as into the plays themselves, to tell the true story of the Soul of the Age. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1305372 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1128456 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1364751 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1295916 Violetta and Feste have come to London to rescue a holy relic taken from a church in Illyria by the evil Malvolio, and once there, they tell the story of their adventures to playwright William Shakespeare, who turns it into a play. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1369157 This title features enlightening, in-depth interviews with 13 star actors on performing Shakespeares greatest characters. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1303101 Shakespearean scholar Kate Stanley and Ben Pearl, her partner in crime-solving, find themselves in a desperate race to discover a lost version of Macbeth, said to contain rituals of witchcraft aimed at conjuring demonic forces to gain forbidden knowledge. However much Kate would like to dismiss such rituals as superstition, someone else appears willing to kill for them--and for the manuscript said to spell them out. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1297952 Will was not only one of the greatest writers in the English language, he was also a necromancer. In exchange for a front row seat to history, Will supplied zombie armies. Sure, hes sorry now. Hey, hes refused to raise a shuffling, shambling corpse for years. And the talent--which comes only to a necromancer whos become a vampire--is extremely rare. So why are there so many zombies strolling around London? Will needs to find out. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1211937 Shakespeares poems, aside from the enduring appeal of the Sonnets, are much less familiar today than his plays, despite being enormously popular in his lifetime. This Introduction celebrates the achievement of Shakespeare as a poet, providing students with ways of understanding and enjoying his remarkable poems. It honours the aesthetic and intellectual complexity of the poems without making them seem unapproachably complicated, outlining their exquisite pleasures and absorbing enigmas. Schoenfeldt suggests that todays readers are better able to analyze aspects of the poems that were formerly ignored or the source of scandal - the articulation of a fervent same-sex love, for example, or the incipient racism inherent in a hierarchy of light and dark. By engaging closely with Shakespeares major poems - Venus and Adonis, Lucrece, The Phoenix and the Turtle, the Sonnets and A Lovers Complaint - the Introduction demonstrates how much these extraordinary poems still have to say to us-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1090852 Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro explains when and why so many people began to question whether Shakespeare wrote his plays. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1195874 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1209608 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1116103 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1226619 Shakespearean scholar Kate Stanley and Ben Pearl, her partner in crime-solving, find themselves in a desperate race to discover a lost version of Macbeth, said to contain rituals of witchcraft aimed at conjuring demonic forces to gain forbidden knowledge. However much Kate would like to dismiss such rituals as superstition, someone else appears willing to kill for them--and for the manuscript said to spell them out. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1671795 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1022731 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1382241 A woman burns to death in the rebuilt Globe theatre. Another woman is drowned like Ophelia, skirts swirling in the water. A professor has his throat slashed open on the steps of Washingtons Capitol building. A deadly serial killer is on the loose, modelling his murders on Shakespeares plays. But why is he killing? And how can he be stopped? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1044117 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1028599 Spanning half a century of Elizabethan and Jacobean history and sweeping from the lowest reaches of society to the royal court, this richly textured novel tells the real story of Shakespeare in love. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1043766 Authoritative, visually exciting, and entertaining guide to all things Shakespeare, explaining the themes, plots, and contexts of his works, their literary and cultural significance, and uncovering some of the mystery of the man himself. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=988465 Based on Charles & Mary Lambs 20 Tales From Shakespeare, augmented by miscellaneous scenes and soliloquies from Shakespeares plays, featuring Elizabethan songs and dances in new arrangements for stringed instruments. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1127554 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=979663 One book above all others has transfixed connoisseurs for four centuries--a book sold for shillings in the streets of London, whisked to Manhattan for millions, and stored deep within the vaults of Tokyo. The book: William Shakespeares First Folio of 1623. This travelogue follows the trail of the Folios remarkable journey and Shakespeares cross-cultural future as Asian buyers enter their Folios into the electronic ether. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=878386 Spanning half a century of Elizabethan and Jacobean history and sweeping from the lowest reaches of society to the royal court, this richly textured novel tells the real story of Shakespeare in love. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=981694 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1006270 Based on Charles and Mary Lambs 20 Tales from Shakespeare, the first volume of An American Family Shakespeare Entertainment features scene and soliloquy selections from William Shakespeares finest plays as well as musical arrangements from Englands Elizabethan period. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1009574 The history of the Shakespeare controversy is presented in this revised edition of the 1992 work, with new information and additional chapters. Part I documents and assesses the important theories on the authorship question. Part II is an annotated bibliography, arranged chronologically, of the works that deal with the controversy from its vague beginnings to the present--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=962326 Based on Charles & Mary Lambs 20 Tales From Shakespeare, augmented by miscellaneous scenes and soliloquies from Shakespeares plays, featuring Elizabethan songs and dances in new arrangements for stringed instruments. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=934333 Raphael Shargel, associate professor of English at Providence College. Shakespeares genius is as readily apparent in these comedies as in his timeless tragedies. Often marked by internal and external conflicts, young lovers struggling for union, mistaken identities, and intertwining plots, Shakespeares comedies to this day reveal the masters unparalleled insight into the human condiditon. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1646293 Presents scenes and monologues from thirteen of Shakespeares plays. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=936357 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=786562 Kit Marley, playwright and spy in the service of Queen Elizabeth, has been murdered. His true gift to Her Majesty was his way with words, crafting plays infused with a subtle magic that maintained her rule. He performed this task on behalf of the Prometheus Club, a secret society of nobles engaged in battle against sorcerers determined to destroy England. Assuming Marleys role is William Shakespeare--but he is unable to create the magic needed to hold the Queens enemies at bay. Resurrected by enchantment in Faerie, Marley is Englands only hope. But before he can assist Will in the art of magic, he must uncover the traitor among the Prometheans responsible for his death.--From publisher description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=832853 In a remote future age when the human enterprise has all but ground to a halt. a wandering troupe of players is dedicated to presenting the works of Shakespeare to every accessible corner of the settled universe. When aliens take an interest, the players find themselves giving command performances of King Lear, Hamlet and the Scottish play for a series of increasingly important alien species, with evidence that the fate of all humanity may rest on the quality of their work. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1319345 First published in 1807, Mary and Charles Lambs Tales from Shakespeare was recognized as a classic of childrens literature. This work examines Lambs Tales, including the ways the lavishly illustrated Edwardian editions used pictures to convey the stories for children. It also covers alternatives to the stories, school textbooks from the period, and multi-volume American collections--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=756661 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=999452 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1671794 Contains Shakespeares play involving young Athenian lovers, a boisterous group of local tradesmen, and the monarchs and subjects of the fairy kingdom; and includes textual notes, scene-by-scene analyses, an introduction to Shakespeares theater career, and a chronology of Shakespeares works. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1054525 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=880280 Challenges popular beliefs about the estranged nature of Shakespeares marriage to Ann Hathaway, placing their relationship in a social and historical context that poses alternative theories about her rural upbringing and role in the bards professional life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=834069 Spanning half a century of Elizabethan and Jacobean history and sweeping from the lowest reaches of society to the royal court, this richly textured novel tells the real story of Shakespeare in love. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1144960 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=963689 March 1616: William Shakespeare is dying, with his lawyer at his bedside. It is time to dictate his will. But how can a man put his affairs in order before hes come to terms with his past? The author takes us back to Shakespeares childhood, his first encounters with sex, and the dangers of politics, plague, and love. We hear the chilling account of the Tyburn executions, see him crossing the frozen Thames with the wooden beams that would become the Globe theater, and return with him to Stratford on the heartbreaking journey to bury his only son. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=939307 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1541559 Cultural historian Rosenbaum gives readers a way of rethinking the greatest works of the human imagination, as he shakes up much that we thought we understood about a vital subject and renews our sense of excitement and urgency. Rather than raking over worn-out fragments of biography, Rosenbaum focuses on cutting-edge controversies about the true source of Shakespeares enchantment and illumination--the astonishing language itself. He takes readers into the midst of fierce battles among the most brilliant Shakespearean scholars and directors over just how to delve deeper into the mind of Shakespeare. He makes ostensibly arcane textual scholarship seductive, and he shows us great directors as Shakespearean scholars in their own right. This book offers a thrilling opportunity to engage with Shakespeares work at its deepest levels.--From publisher description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=753272 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1001282 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=942213 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1029042 Shakespeares life and death is highlighted by his scandalous love for a dark lady and a man right fair. The listener is transported back to Elizabethan England where the musical is centered on Londons colourful world of street markets, taverns and the royal palaces of Queen Elizabeth the first and King James the first. It concludes with a dramatic climax at the fiery destruction of Shakespeares beloved Globe Theatre. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=831234 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=688511 This concise edition and reassessment of Bradleys Shakespearean Tragedy gives ready access to a major work of criticism that deals with matters fundamental to any thoughtful reading of Shakespeares texts. It continues to be informative and challenging more than a hundred years since first publication. In an introduction aimed at present-day students John Russell Brown argues that Bradley anticipated much in recent performance criticism and was unusually perceptive about the plays physical action, multiple meanings, and subtextual life.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=724984 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=688522 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=729587 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=752316 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=880596 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=728137 Receiving a mysterious box from her eccentric mentor, who claims it contains a newly found work by Shakespeare, theater director and scholar Kate Shelton is horrified when her theater is burned to the ground and her mentor killed. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=641804 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=734881 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=811432 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=934413 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=817163 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1693185 An authoritative, modernized edition of the complete works of the great Elizabethan dramatist offers the complete texts of every comedy, tragedy, and history play, along with key facts about each work, a plot summary, major roles, sources, textual history, glossaries, and other helpful textual notes. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1252589 Receiving a mysterious box from her eccentric mentor, who claims it contains a newly found work by Shakespeare, theater director and scholar Kate Shelton is horrified when her theater is burned to the ground and her mentor killed. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=721486 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=726679 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=733027 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=652797 Cultural historian Rosenbaum gives readers a way of rethinking the greatest works of the human imagination, as he shakes up much that we thought we understood about a vital subject and renews our sense of excitement and urgency. Rather than raking over worn-out fragments of biography, Rosenbaum focuses on cutting-edge controversies about the true source of Shakespeares enchantment and illumination--the astonishing language itself. He takes readers into the midst of fierce battles among the most brilliant Shakespearean scholars and directors over just how to delve deeper into the mind of Shakespeare. He makes ostensibly arcane textual scholarship seductive, and he shows us great directors as Shakespearean scholars in their own right. This book offers a thrilling opportunity to engage with Shakespeares work at its deepest levels.--From publisher description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=683381 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=696358 A desperate fathers search for his runaway daughter has led him to the last place he ever expected to find her: backstage at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. But the murders in this dazzling world of make-believe are no longer mere stagecraft, and the blood is all too real. The hunt for his child has plunged former Seattle Homicide Detective J.P. Beaumont into a bone-chilling drama of revenge, greed, and butchery, where innocents are made to suffer in perverse and terrible ways. And many more young lives are at stake, unless he can uncover the villain of the piece before the final, deadly curtain falls. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=649079 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=672796 Motivated by scholarship and driven by curiosity, Shakespeare historian Brenda James applied a sixteenth-century code-breaking technique to the dedication of Shakespeares Sonnets. What she uncovered led her to the truth behind literatures greatest mystery. For more than 150 years, academics have questioned how William Shakespeare of Stratford, a man who left school at age thirteen and apparently never traveled abroad, could have written such a broad and deep body of work, one that is said to draw on the largest vocabulary of any writer in the English language. Now, in The Truth Will Out James and history professor William D. Rubinstein explore the facts behind Jamess important findings, detailing how her work on the dedication led to the name Sir Henry Neville, a prominent Elizabethan diplomat whose life unlocked the secrets of the Shakespeare Authorship Question once and for all. Examining the true nature of Shakespeare of Stratfords involvement with the plays, the authors reveal the London actor to be a mere pawn, while Neville, the Oxford-educated ambassador to France and a member of Parliament for twenty-eight years, was actually the Bard. Disguising his authorship to avoid bringing scandal and shame to his family name, Neville spent a great deal of time abroad in Europe, entering a realm of aristocratic intrigue and mystery that provided the foundation for some of his greatest plays. With insightful explanations of never-before-studied documents, James and Rubinstein demonstrate that not only did the refined and worldly Neville know the landscape of Shakespeares plays firsthand but that these works represent a total convergence of the events in Nevilles life. But the evidence proving Nevilles authorship is not merely circumstantial. Comparing mysterious signatures and Nevilles richly woven family lineage, the authors paint a portrait of a man whose claim moves beyond the speculative. An experienced politician, who was well-versed in the intrigues of the Court, Neville was locked away in the Tower of London for his part in the unsuccessful Essex Rebellion against Queen Elizabeth. Using a collection of Nevilles writings from his imprisonment, James and Rubinstein provide an exhaustive cross section of the intrigue surrounding Nevilles life, exposing the events that led to his hidden writings and the cloaking of their true origin.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=649044 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=682758 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=681739 Shakespeare has always been celebrated for the depth of his themes, the vividness of his characters, and the beauty of his poetry. However, the philosophical nature of his opus has often been overlooked. Focusing on Shakespeares six most regarded plays, noted philosopher Colin McGinn provides an analysis of the major philosophical themes embedded in Shakespeares work, including the possibility of human knowledged and the threat of skepticism; the nature and persistence of the self; the character of causation as it shapes human affairs; the existence and nature of evil; and the power of language to influence and shape the human mind.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=634952 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1541937 Presents a brief profile of the life and works of sixteenth-century playwright, William Shakespeare; and contains black-and-white illustrations that include a diagram of the Globe Theater.