Create a 5 page essay paper that discusses Shakespeare: A Question of Authorship.Download file to see previous pages... Innumerous books, articles and research papers have been published purporting th

Create a 5 page essay paper that discusses Shakespeare: A Question of Authorship.

Innumerous books, articles and research papers have been published purporting this stance that “Shakespeare of Stanford-upon-Avon” who is publicly known to have written those poems and plays is not the real author. Rather, according to the Anti-Standfordian scholars, the real author or authors of Shakespearean literary canon “for some reason did not want or could not accept public credit.” (Greenwood 34) These contra-Shakespeare authors claim that “Edward de Vere, Seventeenth Earl of Oxford, was the author of these plays and poems.” (Kathman and Ross, pars. 2) On the contrary, usually majority of the scholars believe that William Shakespeare, “the glover's son from Stratford-upon-Avon” is the true author of Shakespearean literary canon. These pro-Shakespearean scholars find that “the Oxfordian claims to be groundless, often not even worth discussing” (Kathman and Ross, pars. 2). But it is also true that there is not even any single concrete evidence that shows that Shakespeare did not write those literary works, as Seletesky et al notes, “The arguments of many Anti-Stratfordians are simply based on a subjective impression of Shakespeare’s work” (1). ...

1). Anti-Startfordians scholars tend to defy Shakespeare’s authorship on several grounds such as Shakespeare's background, his education, lack of documentary support and the concerns about Shakespeare’s death. These authors argue that Shakespeare’s background was not eligible enough to nourish a genius that could delve deep into the psychology of a character of royal breed. Born in Stratford-upon-Avon Shakespeare maintained his estate throughout his theatrical career in London. The fact that his parents would sign any ownership documents with marks shows that his parents were illiterate. Also there is no evidence that can prove that his family members including his two daughters were literate. Referring this illiterate background and socio-cultural backwardness of Shakespeare’s hometown, Anti-Stratfordians comment that Shakespeare’s background status was not rich enough to depict the court politics, royal etiquettes, courtesy, aristocratic culture and after all the royal environment in his works. Moreover, the psychology of the true author of Shakespearean literature does not match with Shakespeare’s poor background. Standing on this ground, the anti-Stratfordians claim that the intellect that commonly depict the commoners as unruly mobs cannot be nourished by Shakespeare’s background, as Seletesky et al notes, “The work attributed to Shakespeare shows a knowledge of geography, foreign lanugage, politics, and an immense vocabulary that many find inconsistent with what’s known about about Shakespeare’s education.