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Summary: Fantastistic... as in fantasy land!
Review: Yes, unfortunately, if this is your first reading on the authorship question, at the end of it, truly, you won't know what to think - as some readers have said. Since Sobran does not provide a balanced view that includes the countless DIFFERENCES between the life and writings of Oxford and the Shakespeare writings nor acknowledge the countless similarities that could be drawn between ANY Elizabethan poet and Shakespeare, you may might even be swayed to Mr. Sobran's conclusions.But, fortunately, there are thoughtful presentations such as Irvin Matus' SHAKESPEARE IN FACT, and Berkeley Professor Alan Nelson's Shakespeare authorship web site. Dr. Nelson's research has even made it possible to document rather humiliating biographical details about the Oxford Earl, alleged creator of those Shakespeare masterpieces which so subtly express the variegations of the human heart. If truth as well as titillation appeals to you, be sure to read more broadly into the complexity of the issues of Shakespearean authorship than you'll be able to by scanning the narrow focus of one committed Oxfordian. There are scores of titles to consider that are still in print, including Katherine Duncan-Jones' recent biography and Stephen Mitchell's entertaining introduction to the convoluted world of "Who Wrote Shakespeare?"
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