tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206508.post3897536759861477428..comments2023-10-30T09:48:59.679-04:00Comments on "Shakespeare" By Another Name: "Maybe, one day, the truth will out."Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01959807858303615531noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206508.post-36587193317159560412007-09-29T09:56:00.000-04:002007-09-29T09:56:00.000-04:00Amy- The standard story is that, yes, the first in...Amy- The standard story is that, yes, the first inklings of doubt about the standard story appeared in the early 19th century. But the first explicit study attributing the Shakespeare works to Edward de Vere (J. Thomas Looney's <I>"Shakespeare" Identified</I>) appeared in 1920. <BR/><BR/>But your latter point is well taken too, that the rise of doubt roughly coincides with the rise in a professional class of Shakespeareans who care about things like authorial biography.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01959807858303615531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206508.post-54884687739682649232007-09-21T13:33:00.000-04:002007-09-21T13:33:00.000-04:00That is, the Time author seems to suggest that Sha...That is, the Time author seems to suggest that Shakespeare's identity was a resolved matter for three centuries until some whacky Victorians (probably the same ones who were into phrenology and conducting seances) decided that there was doubt. But didn't the rise of doubt directly correspond with the rise of proponents of certainty? My impression has been that it was less that Shakespeare's identity was a settled matter during the 17th and 19th centuries, and more that it was a non-issue.<BR/><BR/>And in my earlier comment, I meant "was it not earlier" rather than "later."AgathaXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03021923955308201261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206508.post-85966676908452860832007-09-21T13:24:00.000-04:002007-09-21T13:24:00.000-04:00The Time article author notes that "Doubters start...The Time article author notes that "Doubters started questioning the true identity of the writer in the late 19th century." Was it not later than this? I don't have your book handy at the moment. When did people start making much of Shakespeare's identity and turning Stratford upon Avon into a tourist destination?AgathaXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03021923955308201261noreply@blogger.com