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  • This free course from the University of London explores critical thinking, and the interpretation of texts, through the Shakespeare authorship question. Using doubt about Shakespeare?s authorship as our playground, we will explore the key concept of authorship attribution, while developing skills in literary analysis, interpretation, and argument. Through forensic exploration of key texts, you will learn why Shakespeare?s authorship is questioned, and what evidence is cited on both sides of the debate.
  • For those of you interested in exploring the works of Shakespeare from a new angle, or just wanting to hone your analytical thinking skills, this course offers an introduction to a fascinating area of interest. Those of you already interested in the Shakespeare authorship question will be encouraged to question your own assumptions in fruitful ways. Whether undertaken as a standalone course, or as preparation for the University of London BA in English, this course will be food for thought.
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Understanding the Question

A 1.1 Welcome and Introduction

A 1.4 The role of belief in interpretation

A 1.5 Interview with Kris De Meyer Part 1

A 1.6 Interview with Kris De Meyer Part 2

A 2.1 "Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare"

A 2.2 The "man-shaped hole"

A 2.3 Personal vs Impersonal Testimony

A 2.4 Literary Paper Trails

A 3.1 Shakspere as a broker

A 3.2 The Shakespeare Apocrypha

A 3.3 Was Shakspere a Playbroker?

A 3.4 Thomas Heywood and 'The Author'

A 4.1 Ben Jonson's poem 'On Poet-Ape' - An Introduction

A 4.2 "On Poet-Ape" - Textual Analysis

A 4.3 Shakespeare in the Parnassus Plays

A 5.1 Interview with Professor William Leahy Part 1

A 5.2 Interview with Alexander Waugh Part 1

A 5.3 Interview with Sir Mark Rylance Part 1

A 5.4 Interview with Sir Mark Rylance Part 2

A 5.5 Module Summary

A 1.2 Terms of Reference

A 2.5 Absence of Evidence

A 3.6 Addendum

A 4.4 Is John Marston a strong contender for Poet-Ape?

A 1.3 Starting Point

A 1.7 The effect of belief on interpretation

A 2.6 The main arguments

A 3.5 Broker theory

A 4.5 Analysis of 'On Poet-Ape'

The Man and the Author

B 1.1 Shakespeare and the Hand D additions to Sir Thomas More

B 1.2 Hand D - Handwriting Argument

B 1.3 Hand D - Spelling Argument

B 1.4 Hand D - Content Argument

B 1.5 Hand D - Author or Scribe?

B 2.1 A Hidden Author?

B 2.2 Marston and Hall - Labeo Part 1

B 2.3 Marston and Hall - Labeo Part 2

B 2.4 'Concealed Poets' and 'Our English Terence'

B 2.5 Does Hyphenation Imply Anonymity?

B 3.1 'Not Without Right' - Shakspere's Coat of Arms

B 3.2 Coat of Arms - Insulso Sogliardo

B 3.3 Coat of Arms - The Authorship Argument

B 4.1 The Upstart Crow - Allusion or Illusion?

B 4.2 Was Groats-worth Greene's?

B 4.3 The Upstart Crow as Edward Alleyn

B 4.4 Shake-scene and the 'Tiger's Heart'

B 5.1 Interview with Sir Mark Rylance Part 3

B 5.2 Interview with Gregory Thompson Part 1

B 5.3 Interview with Professor William Leahy Part 2

B 5.4 Interview with Professor William Leahy Part 3

B 5.5 Module Summary

B 1.6 For and Against "Hand D = Shakespeare"

B 4.6 Addendum

B 1.7 Shakespeare and 'Hand D'

B 2.6 16th Century Authorship Doubt

B 3.4 Shakspere's Coat of Arms

B 4.5 The Upstart Crow

The Evidence from Stratford-upon-Avon

C 1.1 Stratford-upon-Avon and William Camden

C 1.2 Stratford-upon-Avon, Drayton and Dr Hall

C 1.3 Stratford-upon-Avon's New Vicar

C 1.4 Shakspere's Lodger

C 2.1 Shakspere's Literacy

C 2.2 Shakspere's Daughters' Literacy 1

C 2.3 Shakspere's Daughters' Literacy 2

C 2.4 Shakespeare's Education

C 3.2 Shakespeare and Stratford - Shrewish places

C 3.3 Shakespeare and Stratford - The Shrew's Induction

C 3.4 Shakespeare and Stratford - Dialect words

C 4.1 The Stratford Monument - Introduction

C 4.2 Stratford and the William Basse Elegy

C 4.3 Was the Stratford Monument Altered?

C 4.4 Analysis of the Monument Poem

C 4.5 Analysis of the Latin Lines

C 5.1 Interview with Alexander Waugh - Part 2

C 5.2 Interview with Gregory Thompson Part 2

C 5.3 Interview with Gregory Thompson Part 3

C 5.4 Interview with Peter Dawkins Part 1

C 5.5 Interview with Peter Dawkins Part 2

C 5.6 Module Summary

C 2.6 Addendum

C 3.1 Shakespeare and Stratford - Bardolph and Fluellen

C 1.5 Stratford Connections

C 2.5 Literacy and Education

C 3.5 Warwickshire references in Shakespeare

C 4.6 The Stratford Monument

The First Folio as Proof of Authorship

D 1.1 The First Folio and Ben Jonson

D 1.2 The First Folio Letters

D 1.3 Ben Jonson's Discoveries

D 1.4 The Preface Poets

D 2.1 The Droeshout Portrait - Reception

D 2.2 Was Droeshout the Younger Incompetent?

D 2.3 The Droeshout Portrait from a Non-Stratfordian Perspective

D 2.4 'Look Not on His Picture' - Analysis

D 3.1 The Folio Link to the Stratford-on-Avon

D 3.2 Thy Stratford Monument

D 3.3 Sweet Swan of Avon!

D 4.1 Jonson's Eulogy - Seeliest Ignorance

D 4.2 Jonson's Eulogy - A Monument without A Tomb

D 4.3 Interview with Alexander Waugh Part 3

D 5.1 Interview with Alexander Waugh Part 4

D 5.2 Interview with Sir Mark Rylance Part 4

D 5.3 Interview with Sir Mark Rylance Part 5

D 5.4 Interview with Professor William Leahy Part 4

D 5.5 Module Summary

D 4.4 Was Ben Jonson accused of 'raping' Shakespeare?

D 1.5 The First Folio Preface

D 2.5 The Droeshout Portrait

D 3.4 Stratford-upon-Avon and the First Folio

D 4.5 Ben Jonson and Shakespeare

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