Francis Bacon Our Shake-Speare - Scholar's Choice Edition


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Contested Will


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Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro explains when and why so many people began to question whether Shakespeare wrote his plays.




The Plays


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Francis Bacon


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Around the time Shakespeare inaugurated the golden age of English drama, the young Francis Bacon proposed to take "all knowledge to be my province." He soon realized the difficulty of that but in the process he posed two related questions, which he understood better than any other man of his time: Can human beings respect and obey nature, and Can they also command nature? He asked many other questions considered useless and impractical in his time but vital in ours. After a busy career as an English parliamentarian, judge and advisor of King James I, Bacon published in his final years The Advancement of Learning, which included his New Atlantis, with its prescient vision of human accomplishments, many achieved only in the past century. The first important book of English essays, it is an investigation of civil and moral problems that continue to engage and perplex us.










Critic and Literary World


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The Mystery of Francis Bacon


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"The Mystery of Francis Bacon" by William T. Smedley is an enthralling exploration of the enigmatic life and works of the renowned philosopher, scientist, and statesman, Sir Francis Bacon. Smedley delves into the various theories and controversies surrounding Bacon's authorship of Shakespearean plays and sheds light on the hidden layers of his intellectual pursuits. Through meticulous research and thoughtful analysis, "The Mystery of Francis Bacon" unveils the fascinating world of a historical figure shrouded in mystery and intrigue.




The Literary World


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Shakespeare in His Context


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'As we expect from Bradbrook, always a pleasantly readable scholar, these papers consistently convey rich, penetrating, informative, durable perspectives on Shakespeare and the English Renaissance. Strongly recommended for all English literature and drama collections in four-year educational institutions and in graduate schools.'