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Sweet swan of Avon

did a woman write Shakespeare?

by Robin Williams

AuthorshipAutorschaftShakespeare, william, 1564-1616, criticism and interpretation

Argues that the works attributed to William Shakespeare were actually written by Mary Sidney Herbert, the Countess of Pembroke, a woman at the forefront of the literary movement in Elizabethan England, yet forbidden to write for the stage because of her gender.

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Book data: Open Library