num_pages: 704
description: Sets forth Bacon's belief that Shakespeare's plays were written by a group of eminent men of the time, including Sir Francis Bacon, Edmund Spenser, and Sir Walter Raleigh. The author's concepts, labelled Baconian theory, suggest that the plays contain a vast concealed wealth of wisdom, hidden in enigmas and puzzles to be deciphered. Nathaniel Hawthorne, though not a convert, wrote a preface and helped finance the book.
language: English
title: The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakespeare Unfolded
titlecomplete: The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakespeare Unfolded
characters: Francis Bacon (philosopher), William Shakespeare, Edmund Spenser
ratings_count: 6
publisher: London, Groombridge and Sons