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Araucaria · 01-31-2015, 02:31 PM

J Thomas Looney ..... the aptly-named originator of the "Oxfordian" theory of Shakespearean authorship died in January 1944, so (if my ability to count on my fingers is unimpaired) he is now out of copyright in life+70 countries. The cherry on the cake is that his original book "Shakespeare Identified" was published in 1920 - and I believe there was also a US edition in 1921 or 1922.

Although I don't for a moment think that Edward de Vere wrote any of Shakespeare's works (obviously that was Bacon), I'd quite like to read the book. It's a bit expensive in modern editions.

Any chance it could be put up on MobileReads?

01-31-2015, 02:31 PM	#669
Araucaria Bibliophile Posts: 166 Karma: 934516 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Cantal in the French Auvergne Device: Kindle Voyage, Kobo Libra H20, Kindle PW2, Moon Pro on Lenovo tablet	J Thomas Looney ..... the aptly-named originator of the "Oxfordian" theory of Shakespearean authorship died in January 1944, so (if my ability to count on my fingers is unimpaired) he is now out of copyright in life+70 countries. The cherry on the cake is that his original book "Shakespeare Identified" was published in 1920 - and I believe there was also a US edition in 1921 or 1922. Although I don't for a moment think that Edward de Vere wrote any of Shakespeare's works (obviously that was Bacon), I'd quite like to read the book. It's a bit expensive in modern editions. Any chance it could be put up on MobileReads?