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Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies 2023
Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies is a 2023 nonfiction book written by journalist Elizabeth Winkler that examines the Shakespeare authorship question. The book applies journalism and literary criticism to investigate whether Shakespeare’s works were actually composed by someone other than William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon. It also outlines how the issue of Shakespeare authorship evolved into an academic taboo.
Published by Simon & Schuster with the full title Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies: How Doubting the Bard Became the Biggest Taboo in Literature, the book includes interviews with numerous Shakespeare scholars such as Stanley Wells, Alexander Waugh, Marjorie Garber, Stephen Greenblatt, Ros Barber, Michael Witmore and Mark Rylance. Winkler investigates arguments supporting alternative authorship theories, including candidates like Edward de Vere, Mary Sidney, Christopher Marlowe, Francis Bacon, and Emilia Lanier. The work also describes the correspondence between Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens and Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro regarding the authorship debate.
Details
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- ISBN
- 9781982171261
- Pages
- 416
