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Luminarium

Luminarium: 16th Century Renaissance English Literature (1485 1603)

For Students 9th - 10th
Luminarium offers a student resource for learning about the authors of the English Renaissance period. Contains links to over 25 different authors from the period which contain their biographies, bibliographies, and text to some of their...
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Shakespeare Resource Center: The Authorship Debate

For Students 9th - 10th
This site outlines the various "conspiracies" associated with Shakespeare's work.
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Shakespeare Resource Center: Home

For Students 9th - 10th
The Shakespeare Resource Center provides a thorough overview of the life and works of the playwright with a look at the Bard's last will and testament, the authorship debate, Elizabethan England, and so on.
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PBS

Pbs Frontline: The Shakespeare Mystery

For Students 9th - 10th
This site weighs the ever present debate about who really was Shakespeare, and whether or not he truly wrote all he wrote.
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Shakespeare Oxford Society: Beginner's Guide to Shakespeare Authorship Problem

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Shakespeare Oxford Society contains a great deal of information in support of the theory that Edwared de Vere, the Earl of Oxford, actually wrote the works traditionally attributed to Shakespeare.
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Absolute Shakespeare

Absolute Shakespeare: Authorship Debate

For Students 9th - 10th
Here are the basic arguments for each of the authorship claims. The site is helpful since it summarizes each of the arguments in plain language.
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Shakespeare Oxford Society: History of Doubts

For Students 9th - 10th
This page from the Shakespeare Oxford Society contains a list of the history of doubts regarding the authorship of Shakespeare's works. Organized in chronological order.
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Curated OER

Edward De Vere

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An image of Edward de Vere.