Ghostwriter: Shakespeare, Literary Landmines, and an Eccentric Patron's Royal Obsession - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of MississippiISBN-13:9781496852434ISBN-10:1496852435UPC:9781496852434Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, History, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Personal Memoirs, United States, ShakespeareBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.70 x 5.87 x 0.87 inchesWeight:0.8708Product ID:SC6N2RGC2D
Ghostwriter: Shakespeare, Literary Landmines, and an Eccentric Patron's Royal Obsession
Part literary mystery, part an examination of what constitutes fiction versus reality, Ghostwriter is based on the true story of author Lawrence Wells, then 45, hired by the University of Mississippi in 1987 to ghostwrite a novel for a wealthy, eccentric donor ("Mrs. F," then 75), who was convinced that Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, was William Shakespeare. Believing herself to be the...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of MississippiISBN-13:9781496852434ISBN-10:1496852435UPC:9781496852434Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, History, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Personal Memoirs, United States, ShakespeareBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.70 x 5.87 x 0.87 inchesWeight:0.8708Product ID:SC6N2RGC2D
Lawrence Wells's "Ghostwriter" manuscript was awarded the 2014 Faulkner-Wisdom Prize for narrative nonfiction at the Words and Music Festival in New Orleans. His memoir In Faulkner's Shadow, about his thirty-eight-year marriage to Dean Faulkner Wells, was published by University Press of Mississippi in 2020. Wells is also the author of two historical novels, Rommel and the Rebel and Let the Band...
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