Blanding, “North by Shakespeare”: reviewed by Hyde
May 24, 2021
book review by Michael Hyde Michael Blanding, North by Shakespeare: A Rogue Scholar’s Quest for the Truth Behind the Bard’s Work (Hachette, 2021). This review
Joseph Sobran
Paul N. Arnold: How I Became an Oxfordian
November 24, 2020
November 24, 2020 “Who cares,” right? Through high school and college, I became reasonably educated in the literature of Shakespeare. My primary major in college
The Snobbery Slander
July 15, 2019
The Most Ironic and Outrageous Attacks on Oxfordians and Other Authorship Doubters by Bryan H. Wildenthal July 15, 2019 Walt Whitman, Helen Keller, Malcolm X:
Alice Knox Eaton: How I Became an Oxfordian
March 5, 2019
March 5, 2019 The traditional biography of Shakespeare never made sense to me. On a visit to Stratford-upon-Avon, I picked up a biography with the
Goldstein: Engaging Academics and Theatre Professionals
February 8, 2019
By Gary Goldstein Since the Shakespeare authorship issue is an intellectual pursuit, Oxfordians need to engage professors in English, Theatre, and History Departments to advance
Poetic Justice for the True Shakespeare?
June 22, 2018
The SOF is proud to publish a series of landmark studies of the early poetry of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550–1604). In
Twenty Poems of Edward de Vere Echo in the Works of Shakespeare
June 22, 2018
Introduction, Part 1: Oxford’s Poems and the Authorship Question The SOF, on June 22, 2018, unveiled this major new presentation, the first in decades,1 of
Shakespeare’s Sexuality and How It Affects the Authorship Issue
November 8, 2017
by John Hamill Originally published in The Oxfordian, v. 8, pp. 25–59 (2005) (repaginated PDF version here); republished on the SOF website Nov. 8, 2017,
Cheryl Eagan-Donovan: How I Became an Oxfordian
September 19, 2017
I discovered Edward de Vere in a history class at Harvard University in 1997. Professor Don Ostrowski suggested the authorship question as a topic for
Allan Shickman: How I Became an Oxfordian
December 20, 2016
I read my first Shakespeare play when I was fourteen. In those days, Julius Caesar was a high-school freshman’s first exposure to the great playwright. At that
John Shahan: How I Became an Oxfordian Activist
November 8, 2016
November 8, 2016 It’s rare for a high school English teacher to mention that there is any doubt about the identity of William Shakespeare, but
Shakespeare Authorship Question at Gable Stage
April 30, 2016
April 30, 2016 Tom Regnier gave his presentation, “Did Shakespeare Really Write Shakespeare? Or Did Someone Else?” on April 11, 2016 in Coral Gables, Florida
Gary Livacari: How I Became an Oxfordian
December 8, 2015
December 8, 2015 I am greatly indebted to the late Joseph Sobran for introducing me to the Shakespeare authorship question. It was his columns in
The Problem of The Funeral Elegy
October 3, 2013
Can deductive reasoning lead to solving Shakespeare authorship problems? Joe Sobran writes an interesting exchange between Holmes and Watson as they discuss The Funeral Elegy and Professor Donald Foster’s assertion that his computer analysis reveals the poem was indeed authored by the Bard.
Joseph Sobran on Shakespeare’s Bible
September 28, 2013
One of the finest University Wits of the 20th Century was the late Joe Sobran, a syndicated columnist and Shakespeare lover. In this short article, Mr. Sobran provides an update on the research into the marginalia of Edward de Vere’s Geneva Bible owned by the Folger Shakespeare Library.
The Phaeton Sonnet
March 13, 2006
Author and journalist Joseph Sobran examines this distinct anonymous sonnet from 1591 for its “Shakespearean” qualities (qualities which other orthodox scholars have also noted), and concludes that, if it is by Shakespeare, it poses a serious problem for the Stratford attribution of the Shakespeare authorship.
