Although widely considered a hoax, this purported autobiography of the greatest playwright in the English language offers tantalizing glimpses into the life and times of William Shakespeare. Alexander's careful analysis and contextualization of the text makes this book a valuable resource for scholars and enthusiasts alike. This book is a fascinating exploration of one of literature's enduring mysteries.This work has been selected by scholars ...
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Excerpt from Echoes of WhistlerFor Vanity not only whispers to the too - credulous heart, She juggles with the mind, She snaps her fingers at reality, and makes an Open mock of truth.She suborns mirrors and milliners and those comparative men, the drapers, grow rich by bearing false witness in her service.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book i...
Excerpt from The Autobiography of Shakespeare: A FragmentI have for some months past occupied myself very perseveringly to verify and confirm, so far as possible, the statements of this momentous though broken and unrevised autobiography.I have been ably assisted, and I have had a certain success - not very much, but strangely remarkable.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ...
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Excerpt from The Autobiography of Shakespeare: A Fragment
" . . . we hope, to your divers capacities, you will find enough both to draw, and hold you: for his wit could no more lie hid, than it could be lost. Read him, therefore, and again, and again: and then if you do not like him, surely you are in some manifest danger, not to understand him. And so we leave you to other of his friends whom, if you need, can be your guides: if you need the...
Excerpt from Echoes of WhistlerFor Vanity not only whispers to the too - credulous heart, She juggles with the mind, She snaps her fingers at reality, and makes an Open mock of truth.She suborns mirrors and milliners and those comparative men, the drapers, grow rich by bearing false witness in her service.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book i...
