authorship

Named after a character in a Shakespeare play, misfit sixth-grader Hero becomes interested in exploring this unusual connection because of a valuable diamond supposedly hidden in her new house, an intriguing neighbor, and the unexpected attention of the most popular boy in school.

In 1601 Sir Henry Neville was imprisoned and "Shakespeare" stopped writing history plays. This book reveals evidence of Neville's authorship, with examples of annotation found in books from Neville's library suggesting they were material for the plays. Anomalies indicate Shakespeare's bias in portraying the Nevilles in a positive light, revealing the hidden author's political viewpoint and true identity.

"Sophie Collingwood is drawn into a mystery when two people request a copy of the same very rare book from the antiquarian bookshop where she works"--OCLC.

Professor James Shapiro examines the true identity of William Shakespeare, provides evidence he believes supports his contention that William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon wrote the plays, and discusses the significance of the authorship controversy.

Presents evidence that the writings attributed to William Shakespeare were in fact written by Elizabethan court playwright Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, and chronicles the life and writing career of de Vere.

Argues that, at the age of twenty-nine, Christopher Marlowe staged his own death, fled to Europe and went on to write the works attributed to William Shakespeare.

This is an exlcusive Book-of-the-Month Club anthology of hard-to-find non-fiction pieces, little-known interviews, short stories, and articles about writing for those looking for direction on how to find their own "windows"-or for anyone wishing to be touched by Stephen King's humor and wisdom.

Explores the reasons why women do not have the same influence, power, and wealth as men do. Meditates on the writer-temperament and explores the need for a woman to have a room of her own and five hundred pounds a year being symbols of the power to think for oneself and contemplate.

A collection of essays by African-American poet Mari Evans in which she addresses the lives of African-Americans in the United States and provides advice on change; discussing family, politics, education, the importance of museums, and other related topics.

Contains essays from Ellen Bryant Voigt that reveal her views on the art and craft of lyric poetry, discussing how writers read, works from renown poets--including William Shakespeare, Emily Dickenson, and Sylvia Plath--and other insights about writing lyric poems.