Francis Bacon's hidden hand in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice
Subtitle: a study of law, rhetoric, and authorship
By: Christina G. Waldman
Publisher: Algora Publishing
Published: 2018
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9781628943313; 9781628943306
Subjects: Authorship; Baconian theory; Knowledge; Law; Characters; Bellario; Bacon-Shakespeare controversy; Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare, William)
Description: "Whoever wrote 'The Merchant of Venice' had a great legal mind. Was Francis Bacon the author, or one of the authors, of the play? He had all the knowledge necessary, having studied legal history and serving as a legal counsellor to the Crown. The character of Bellario shares many traits with him, as this book demonstrates. The other characters are also analyzed, along with a broad set of symbols and puns that provide clues"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A fresh look at Mark Edwin Andrews' insights; title: Bellario as a cameo : clues; title: Trifles and devils : literary precedents; title: Two mentes in one; title: A good pseudonym is hard to prove; title: A law professor by any other name...; title: Law school hypothetical; title: Characters, counterparts, and others. Part I; title: Characters, counterparts, and others. Part two; title: Characters, counterparts, and others. Part III; title: Glosses, glanvill, and pre-Gratian marriage law; title: "For there is no law under heaven..."; title: Semi-final arguments; title: Encore.