William's talents as an actor were noted by one of his literary and rival contemporaries, Ben Jonson in 1598. ... In contrast, Edward de Vere's death in 1604 would have bar him from being the author of several majestic tragedies believed written latter such as Hamlet, Macbeth and King Lear; the fact that the quality of de Vere's published earlier poetry likely before 1585 is vastly inferior to that of Shakespeare; the specific knowledge the plays and poems infer certain prominent people in the Queen's court connect with associated events; similarities in Shakespeare...

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During the remainder of chapter six, Greenblatt discusses the improvisation of power between the different authors he discussed throughout the book. ... Greenbelt's model of Renaissance Self-Fashioning could be used in a Literary Research and Analysis class because his model of identity formation has implications for contemporary culture. ...

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