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1 online resource (xviii, 527 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Liverpool English texts and studies ; 40
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Liverpool English texts and studies ; 40.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 492-504) and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1: Roots, 1548-1562 -- pt. 2: Youth, 1562-1571 -- pt. 3: Emancipation, 1571-1574 -- pt. 4: Exploration, 1574-1576 -- pt. 5: Alienation, 1576-1579 -- pt. 6: Intrigue, 1579-1580 -- pt. 7: Sedition, 1580-1581 -- pt. 8: Release, 1581-1585 -- pt. 9: Reiteration, 1586-1591 -- pt. 10: Renewal, 1592-1959 -- pt. 11: Re-engagement, 1595-1599 -- pt. 12: Decline, 1600-1604 -- pt. 13: Aftermath, 1604-1613. |
| Summary |
The Elizabethan Court poet Edward de Vere has, since 1920, lived a notorious second, wholly illegitimate life as the putative author of the poems and plays of William Shakespeare. The work reconstructs Oxford?s life, assesses his poetic works, and demonstrates the absurdity of attributing Shakespeare?s works to him. The first documentary biography of Oxford for over seventy years, Monstrous Adversary seeks to measure the real Oxford against the myth. Impeccably researched and presenting many documents written by Oxford himself, Nelson?s book provides a unique insight into Elizabethan society a. |
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| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Oxford, Edward De Vere, Earl of, 1550-1604.
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Oxford, Edward De Vere, Earl of, 1550-1604. |
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Oxford, Edward De Vere, 1550-1604 Earl of. |
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Oxford, Edward De Vere, Earl of, 1550-1604. |
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Paternité littéraire -- Théorie d'Oxford. |
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Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603 -- Biography.
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Great Britain -- Court and courtiers -- History -- 16th century.
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Great Britain. |
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Courts and courtiers. |
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History. |
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16th century |
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Poets, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Biography.
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Poets, English -- Early modern -- Biography. |
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Great Britain -- Court and courtiers -- Biography.
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Biographies.
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Literary patrons -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Literary patrons. |
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England -- Intellectual life -- 16th century.
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England. |
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Intellectual life. |
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Landowners -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Landowners. |
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Nobility -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Nobility. |
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1500-1603 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Nelson, Alan H. Monstrous adversary. Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2003 085323678X 9780853236788 (DLC) 2004401816 (OCoLC)52975941 |
| ISBN |
9781846313592 (electronic book) |
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1846313597 (electronic book) |
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9780853236788 |
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085323678X |
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0853236887 (paperback) |
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9780853236887 (paperback) |
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