[Gutenberg 8207] • The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded
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- Authors
- Bacon, Delia Salter
- Publisher
- London, Groombridge and Sons
- Tags
- william , shakespeare , 1564-1616 -- authorship -- baconian theory , 1564-1616 -- philosophy , writing
- Date
- 1857-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.62 MB
- Lang
- en
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.