Shakespeare Beyond Doubt: Evidence, Argument, Controversy

General introduction Paul Edmondson and Stanley Wells Part I. Sceptics: Introduction to Part One Paul Edmondson and Stanley Wells 1. The unreadable Delia Bacon Graham Holderness 2. The case for Bacon Alan Stewart 3. The case for Marlowe Charles Nicholl 4. The life and theatrical interests of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford Alan H. Nelson 5. The unusual suspects Matt Kubus Part II. Shakespeare as Author: Introduction to Part Two Paul Edmondson and Stanley Wells 6. Theorizing Shakespeare's authorship Andrew Hadfield 7. Allusions to Shakespeare to 1642 Stanley Wells 8. Shakespeare as collaborator John Jowett 9. Authorship and the evidence of stylometrics MacDonald P. Jackson 10. What does textual evidence reveal about the author? James Mardock and Eric Rasmussen 11. Shakespeare and Warwickshire David Kathman 12. Shakespeare and school Carol Chillington Rutter 13. Shakespeare tells lies Barbara Everett Part III. A Cultural Phenomenon: Did Shakespeare Write Shakespeare?: Introduction to Part Three Paul Edmondson and Stanley Wells 14. 'This palpable device': authorship and conspiracy in Shakespeare's life Kathleen E. McLuskie 15. Amateurs and professionals: regendering Bacon Andrew Murphy 16. Fictional treatments of Shakespeare's authorship Paul Franssen 17. The declaration of reasonable doubt Stuart Hampton-Reeves 18. 'There won't be puppets, will there?': 'Heroic' authorship and the cultural politics of Anonymous Douglas M. Lanier 19. 'The Shakespeare establishment' and the Shakespeare authorship discussion Paul Edmondson Afterword James Shapiro A selected reading list Hardy M. Cook.