Edward de Vere

Earl of Elizabethan Literature Edward De Vere played a critical role in shaping the style of Elizabethan Literature. He introduced realism to Elizabethan poetry while drawing from his extensive knowledge of ancient literature and his personal experiences as the 17th Earl of Oxford and a ward of Queen Elizabeth I. His position in the royal court provided him access to education and classic literature that was unavailable to his peers. This exclusive knowledge gives De Vere’s poetry a unique layer of

at Bishops Gate and East Smithfield Edward de Vere and William Shakespeare The dispute over the true authorship of the First Folio of Shakespeare’s Plays (sole authorship or a partnership of genius like Lennon and McCartney)? Debate over the true authorship of the First Folio of William Shakespeare’s plays began from the day of its publication (and had been running in the background for many years up until then). The debate had been fuelled partly by an analysis of William Shakespeare’s own character

speculating as to whether Edward De Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, is the true author of all of Shakespeare’s publications, Edward De Vere was born in the Hedingham Castle. One of his tutors at the time was Laurence Nowell, who owned a copy of Beowulf. In 1558, Edward De Vere attended Cambridge and Oxford University in 1566. Another tutor of his was Queen Elizabeth’s

Who is Edward de Vere? Family To understand whether or not Edward de Vere was William Shakespeare, I must first describe the life of Edward de Vere and the life of William Shakespeare. Edward de Vere was the 17th Earl of Oxford and can sometimes be known as Oxford. It is know that he was born April 12, 1550 at Castle Hedingham (the family’s ancestral) and died June 24, 1660. John de Vere his father was Lord Great Chamberlain died in 1562. His mother was Margaret Golding. After John de Vere’s death

The first case made for Edward De Vere was first made in 1918 by a man named J. Thomas Looney. Looney was a Gateshead schoolmaster and later became famous for his publication of Shakespeare Identified. He first started his research on Shakespeare because he was absolutely convinced that ‘Shakespeare’ was a pseudonym, but he was not convinced that Sir Francis Bacon was the real author. After this realization, Looney went on to make a list of eighteen characteristics the real Shakespeare must have

Shakespeare. The anti-Stratfordians, who do not support Shakespeare’s authorship, have coalesced to believe that a man named Edward de Vere, the seventeenth Earl of Oxford, to be the legitimate writer of Shakespeare’s plays/sonnets. On the other hand, anti-Oxfordians argue that Shakespeare is indeed the author. One of the anti-Stratfordians, Tom Bethell, persuades his audience that Edward

evidence. The authorship theory about Edward de Vere, Seventeenth Earl of Oxford seems to have the most historical evidence proving that he is the writer of the plays and sonnets under the pseudonym William Shakespeare. Looking at DeVere’s personal life, one can see how his social status and access to higher education would have made it more credible for him to have written such literary masterpieces. Various circumstances of historical fact found about de Vere’s life are mirrored in the circumstances

surrounds Edward De Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford who is the most popular alternative candidate. We travel through De Vere’s life, he was born in 1550, attended two prestige colleges. The piece compares and contrasts Shakespeare and Edward De Vere, contrasting their levels of education. Shakespeare only attended elementary, where as De Vere attended two colleges making him to be the more realistic and qualified person who was able to write thirty seven brilliant plays. Jameson writes about De Vere being

poet named Earl de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford. Numerous scholars disregard Hank Whittemore’s claim and believe William Shakespeare is the legitimate poet, but historical evidence suggests Shakespeare’s education background would have made him unfit to write such masterpieces. The true master-mind behind the Shakespearean works is not William Shakespeare, but rather Earl de Vere. Shakespeare was incompetent to have written the plays, and overwhelming evidence suggests Earl de Vere is the wordsmith

whether or not William Shakespeare actually authored the works credited to him. In this ever popular debate, one candidate stands out as the most likely alternate author of Shakespeare’s numerous comedies, tragedies, sonnets, and historical plays. Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford, is considered by many to be the true writer of Shakespeare; however, for reasons known only to him, decided not to take credit for the plays, and used the name William Shakespeare to mask his true identity. Because there