Was Shakespeare a Jew? : uncovering the Marrano influences in his life and writing / Ghislain Muller ; with a foreword by Danièle Frison.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-331) and index.

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This biography of Shakespeare presents a new perspective on the debate surrounding the real identity of William Shakespeare. Muller suggests that Shakespeare was a crypto-Jew who took care to hide his Jewish origins and that Elizabethan authorities, who were aware of this fact, attempted to eliminate any trace of his Jewish origins by making him an Anglo-Saxon hero. Using official documents that have not been employed by other scholars, Muller brings forth evidence that Shakespeare?s father was a Jew living in an England where Jews had been banned since the time of Edward I and the Act of Expu.

WAS SHAKESPEARE A JEW?: Uncovering the Marrano Influences in His Life and Writing; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Mysteries around William Shakespeare; Chapter 2: The Position of Judaism in the 16th Century; Chapter 3: Shakespeare's Family; Chapter 4: The Education of William Shakespeare; Chapter 5: William Shakespeare's Professional Activities; Illustrations; Expulsion of the Jews Between 1000 and 1500; Shakespeare's Arms and Moto; Shakespeare the Player, by Garter

6 Known Signatures of William ShakespeareArms of the Bassano Family; Detail of the Bassano Coat-of-Arms; The Learned Pig; Droeshout Engraving in the First Folio-1623; The Marshall Engraving; Portrait of Shakespeare by Zucchero; Jansen Portrait of Shakespeare by Richard Earlom, 1610; The Kesselstadt, Funeral Mask of Shakespeare; Edward Alleyn, Actor; Portrait of Simon Forman; Portrait of Ben Jonson; Portrait of Mary Fitton; Dugdale's Sketch of the Shakespeare's Monument, 1634; Enlargement of the Dugdale's Sketch; Bust of William Shakespeare by Wenceslaus Hollar; Detail of the Hollar engraving

Shakespeare's Bust by Charles GrignonShakespeare's Bust by George Vertue; Shakespeare's Bust in 1916; Chapter 6: William Shakespeare and Recognition by the Literary World; Chapter 7: The Public Personality of William Shakespeare; Chapter 8: The Name of Shakespeare; Chapter 9: New Place; Chapter 10: William Shakespeare's Physical Appearance; Chapter 11: Shakespeare's Relationships; Chapter 12: Shakespeare's Legacy; Conclusion; Chronology; Bibliography; Index

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