Francis Bacon's hidden hand in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice : a study of law, rhetoric, and authorship /

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"Whoever wrote 'The Merchant of Venice' had a great legal mind. Was Francis Bacon the author, or one of the authors, of the play? Bacon's deep legal knowledge, even in the civilian law that derived from the Justinian Code, has long been under-appreciated. The author set out to ex...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Waldman, Christina G., 1957- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Algora Publishing, [2018]
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Authorship > Baconian theory.
Bacon, Francis, > 1561-1626 > Authorship.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616. > Merchant of Venice.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Knowledge > Law.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Characters > Bellario.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Paternité littéraire > Théorie baconienne.
Bacon, Francis, > 1561-1626
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616
Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare, William)
DRAMA > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Authorship
Bacon-Shakespeare controversy
Law
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Bellario as a cameo : clues
  • Trifles and devils : literary precedents
  • Two mens in one
  • A good pseudonym is hard to prove
  • A law professor by any other name
  • Law school hypothetical
  • Characters, counterparts, and others. Part I
  • Characters, counterparts, and others. Part two
  • Characters, counterparts, and others. Part III
  • Glosses, glanvill, and (pre- )Gratian marriage law, briefly
  • "For there is no law under heaven ..."
  • Summary and conclusions
  • Encore.

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