One guy taks about Shakespare as we know it, the other as the Earl of something...
2007-12-10 14:20:25 · 2 answers · asked by f g 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I recommend reading Will in the World, by Stephen Greenblatt. Greenblatt edited the Norton Shakespeare and is, simply, an expert about Shakespeare. Plus, Will in the World is accessible and fun to read. Check it out!
2007-12-10 15:39:32 · answer #1 · answered by StellaBtheWriter 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The guy who wrote the plays and poems attributed to William Shakespeare was a guy named William Shakespeare. A few liars and nutcases claim that somebody else -- Francis Bacon, Edward de Vere (the Earl of Oxford), Queen Elizabeth I, Chuck Berry -- was the real author, but they have no credible evidence to back them up, and no respected authority who has studied the subject takes them seriously.
2007-12-10 15:12:24 · answer #2 · answered by classmate 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋