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Shakespeare Bites Back
"A free book written by Paul Edmondson and Stanley Wells about Shakespeare, Conspiracy & Authorship."
- GenresShakespeareNonfiction
45 pages, ebook
First published January 1, 2011
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Paul Edmondson
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Paul Edmondson - Historical Fiction, Fiction, History
Rev. Dr. Paul Edmondson is Head of Research and Knowledge and Director of the Stratford-upon-Avon Poetry Festival for the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. He is the author, co-author, and co-editor of many books and articles about Shakespeare, including Shakespeare: Ideas in Profile (an overview of Shakespeare for the general reader), Twelfth Night: a guide to the text and its Theatrical Life, The Shakespeare Circle: An Alternative Biography and Shakespeare Beyond Doubt: Evidence, Argument, Controversy (both with Stanley Wells for Cambridge University Press), Shakespeare’s Creative Legacies (with Peter Holbrook for The Arden Shakespeare); and Finding Shakespeare’s New Place: an archaeological biography (with archaeologists Kevin Colls and William Mitchell for Manchester University Press). New Places: Shakespeare and Civic Creativity (co-edited with Ewan Fernie is forthcoming with The Arden Shakespeare). His collection of Shakespeare-related poetry, Destination Shakespeare has recently appeared (www.misfitpress.co : the publishers donate a pair of prescription spectacles to a child in India for each copy sold). In the summer of 2014 he made a special tour of the States and North America in search of Shakespeare across 10,000 miles and 14 Shakespeare Festivals in partnership with University of Warwick. He is Chair of the Hosking Houses Trust for women writers, a Trustee of the British Shakespeare Association, and a priest in the Church of England. He has lived and worked in Stratford-upon-Avon since 1995.
There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name.
This profile may contain books from multiple authors of this name
For other authors of this name, see:
Paul Edmondson - Historical Fiction, Fiction, History
Rev. Dr. Paul Edmondson is Head of Research and Knowledge and Director of the Stratford-upon-Avon Poetry Festival for the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. He is the author, co-author, and co-editor of many books and articles about Shakespeare, including Shakespeare: Ideas in Profile (an overview of Shakespeare for the general reader), Twelfth Night: a guide to the text and its Theatrical Life, The Shakespeare Circle: An Alternative Biography and Shakespeare Beyond Doubt: Evidence, Argument, Controversy (both with Stanley Wells for Cambridge University Press), Shakespeare’s Creative Legacies (with Peter Holbrook for The Arden Shakespeare); and Finding Shakespeare’s New Place: an archaeological biography (with archaeologists Kevin Colls and William Mitchell for Manchester University Press). New Places: Shakespeare and Civic Creativity (co-edited with Ewan Fernie is forthcoming with The Arden Shakespeare). His collection of Shakespeare-related poetry, Destination Shakespeare has recently appeared (www.misfitpress.co : the publishers donate a pair of prescription spectacles to a child in India for each copy sold). In the summer of 2014 he made a special tour of the States and North America in search of Shakespeare across 10,000 miles and 14 Shakespeare Festivals in partnership with University of Warwick. He is Chair of the Hosking Houses Trust for women writers, a Trustee of the British Shakespeare Association, and a priest in the Church of England. He has lived and worked in Stratford-upon-Avon since 1995.
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November 1, 2011
Brief polemic against anti-Stratfodian theories.
The case is made better elsewhere and this is too hyperbolic to sway any committed conspiracy theorist but may be a useful book to chuck at people who are new to the question on the back of Roland Emmerich's dreadful* film.
*Not just for its premise, which I reject, but because of the appallingly hamfisted way the premise is advanced, the terrible script, bad acting and factual errors. And for demonizing the Cecils. The Cecils were badass.
The case is made better elsewhere and this is too hyperbolic to sway any committed conspiracy theorist but may be a useful book to chuck at people who are new to the question on the back of Roland Emmerich's dreadful* film.
*Not just for its premise, which I reject, but because of the appallingly hamfisted way the premise is advanced, the terrible script, bad acting and factual errors. And for demonizing the Cecils. The Cecils were badass.
September 16, 2017
A fun, short refutation of the Shakespeare conspiracy theorists who believe that he did not write the works credited to him. It is free from the Shakespeare Property Trust website, so go get it and enjoy!
January 29, 2012
It is a depressing fact that this book needed to be written at all. Of course, no real expert in this field would normally waste two seconds on the preposterous lie that Shakespeare didn't write the plays attributed to him. The book itself states
the former Director of The Folger Shakespeare Library, Gail Kern Paster, has said, ‘to ask me about the authorship question is like asking a paleontologist to debate a creationist’s account of the
fossil record.’
But with the release of the film Anonymous, two eminent scholars, Paul Edmondson and Stanley Wells, evidently felt forced to respond.
The book is a terse run through of the salient points that most self-evidently refute the conspiracy theorists and it does its job in a direct and lively fashion. Anyone wanting a more detailed argument can find links to further information at the end of the book.
This book is an ideal quick read for 'Joe Public'. It gives access to enough of the historical facts about Shakespeare to make it clear that the conspiracy theorists are really just a bunch of nutters.
The book is free of charge and can be downloaded at http://bloggingshakespeare.com/.
the former Director of The Folger Shakespeare Library, Gail Kern Paster, has said, ‘to ask me about the authorship question is like asking a paleontologist to debate a creationist’s account of the
fossil record.’
But with the release of the film Anonymous, two eminent scholars, Paul Edmondson and Stanley Wells, evidently felt forced to respond.
The book is a terse run through of the salient points that most self-evidently refute the conspiracy theorists and it does its job in a direct and lively fashion. Anyone wanting a more detailed argument can find links to further information at the end of the book.
This book is an ideal quick read for 'Joe Public'. It gives access to enough of the historical facts about Shakespeare to make it clear that the conspiracy theorists are really just a bunch of nutters.
The book is free of charge and can be downloaded at http://bloggingshakespeare.com/.
April 26, 2016
This short essay gives a Shakespearean the proper tools to defend Shakespeare as the sole author of his own works. In very short chapters, Edmondson and Wells explain why people believe Shakespeare to be a scam and why these beliefs are unfounded, and how to explain this to any doubter out there. I would recommend this to every doubter and believer alike.
April 6, 2013
A must-read for those who challenge Shakespeare's Authorship of his works. Lovable book.
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