Name: Is Shakespeare Dead?
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Author: Mark Twain
ISBN: 978-3849674595

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Is Shakespeare Dead?

By Mark Twain 26 Aug, 2019

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"Is Shakespeare Dead?" is a short, semi-autobiographical work by American humorist Mark Twain. It explores the controversy over the authorship of the Shakespearean literary canon via satire, anecdote, and extensive quotation of contemporary authors on the subject. In the book, Twain expounds the view that Shakespeare of Stratford was not the author of the canon, and lends tentative support to the Baconian theory. The book opens with a scene from his early adulthood, where he was trained to be a steamboat pilot by an elder who often argued with him over the controversy. Less

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Mark Twain

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Born in Florida, Missouri, The United States November 30, 1835, Died: April 21, 1910 Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. He is no...

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