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I loved this book because it totally changed my view of Shakespeare. In fact I can no longer read or see a Shakespeare play or read a Shakespeare biography without thinking that the plays and sonnets were NOT written by the Bard of Avon, but rather by a mysterious author or group of authors, some of whom were likely women, all of whom for various reasons did not want to make their names public. The need to purchase another's name and even biography was common for female writers up until modern times, and could have also applied to some of the other candidates in this fascinating detective story. Some could have needed to hide in exile, being spies; others needed to guard their reputation as upstanding aristocrats who didn't stoop to the lowly trade of playwright. I won't tell you their identities - you'll have to read the book yourself…
A thrillingly provocative investigation into the Shakespeare authorship question, exploring how doubting that William Shakespeare wrote his plays became an act of blasphemy...and who the Bard might really be.
The theory that Shakespeare may not have written the works that bear his name is the most horrible, vexed, unspeakable subject in the history of English literature. Scholars admit that the Bard's biography is a "black hole," yet to publicly question the identity of the god of English literature is unacceptable, even (some say) "immoral."
In Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies, journalist and literary critic Elizabeth Winkler sets out…
The Victorian mansion, Evenmere, is the mechanism that runs the universe.
The lamps must be lit, or the stars die. The clocks must be wound, or Time ceases. The Balance between Order and Chaos must be preserved, or Existence crumbles.
Appointed the Steward of Evenmere, Carter Anderson must learn the…
I loved the book because it opened my eyes to the fact that the women's movement started long before the mid-20th Century when I came upon it. In fact the book reveals the lives and characters of the many women in the mid-18th century who, despite all odds, banded together, mentored each other, and created intellectual safe havens – salons – where men and women could freely discuss topics as disparate as physics, languages, and literature. It took courage and often money and social status to buck the system where women were thought weak and silly creatures, to instead follow their dreams of equal discourse and study, and sometimes even romance. We get to know these women and the lives they led, some with heartbreaking multiple pregnancies and deaths of children, others prevented from marrying their lovers. We learn that the term "bluestocking" was initially a positive term applied to…
In England in the 1700s, a woman who was an intellectual, spoke out, or wrote professionally was considered unnatural. After all, as the wisdom of the era dictated, a clever woman-if there were such a thing-would never make a good wife. But a circle of women called the Bluestockings did something extraordinary: coming together in glittering salons to discuss and debate as intellectual equals with men, they fought for women to be educated and to have a public role in society.
In this intimate and revelatory history, Susannah Gibson delves into the lives of these pioneering women. Elizabeth Montagu established…
