'SHAKESPEARE's' SONNETS - a Guide to Authorship

Regardless of pro/anti Shakespeare factions: there are many reasons to question the authorship of 'Shakespeare's' Sonnets. Many are Satirical, Aristocratic or Political by nature. They were clearly intimate and never intended for publication in 1609.This book compares and discusses a number of 'Shakespeare's' Sonnets with some remarkable findings. This independent investigation does not depend on unconvincing folklore or 'theories' but relies on evidence from the Sonnets themselves....
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Regardless of pro/anti Shakespeare factions: there are many reasons to question the authorship of 'Shakespeare's' Sonnets. Many are Satirical, Aristocratic or Political by nature. They were clearly intimate and never intended for publication in 1609.This book compares and discusses a number of 'Shakespeare's' Sonnets with some remarkable findings. This independent investigation does not depend on unconvincing folklore or 'theories' but relies on evidence from the Sonnets themselves. William Shakespeare indeed wrote some of the 1609 Sonnets bearing his name (126-154). Many, by style and content alone, were more likely to have been written by the eminent Sidney/Herbert/Wroth family, together with other unknown authors. Subject to recent scholarship and freedom from an exclusively 'Shakespeare' mindset; this long-overdue guide-book encourages open-minded readers to reread the Sonnets at simple face-value and draw their own conclusions. Who has never wondered about the first-person aristocratic authorship of 'maternal' Sonnets 1-17? These are plainly (and almost too obviously) in the instantly recognised 'sweet' style of metaphysical poet Mary Sidney Herbert, Lady Pembroke. Then, who can deny that long-overlooked Mary (Sidney) 'Wroth' puns and cruel sexual metaphors in Sonnets 80 and 83 were probably written by her 'Fair Youth' cousin/lover William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke on her arranged-marriage in 1604?