The Dark Side of Shakespeare (A Quintet by W. Ron Hess)
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Shakespeare and Don Juan: Friends or Enemies?
17th Oxford, "of the Spear-shaker," & Don Juan
The 17th Oxford, "Palladine" (= "of the Spear-shaker"), & Don Juan of Austria

Welcome to "The Dark Side of Shakespeare!"
 
NOTE: If this is the first time you've been
acquainted with "the Shakespeare author-
ship question," please first proceed to the
Control Panel on the left margin, click on the
Button Labeled "Introduction and Outline,"
and then at the end of that section you'll find
a short introduction to the question, demon-
strating that it's a valid and vital matter!
 
Below is an Index to the Articles that can be
accessed by the Control Panel on the Left
Margin, PLUS there's a secret at the end for
how to  "Browse Before You Buy!"

If you go to
www.iuniverse.com & search 
for ISBN # 0-595-24777-6 you can access
Volume I.   Or, for ISBN # 0-595-29390-5,
you can access Volume II.   You can also
search under "The Dark Side of Shake-
speare" and both ads will pop up. 
 
Volumes IIIA, IIIB, and IIIC should be available 
in mid-2006.
 
<==   LIST OF ARTICLES ACCESSIBLE   
<==   FROM THE CONTROL BAR
<==   (in the left margin):
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# 1.  Hess' Article  Challenge of "Another
             Rare Dreame" [10 pgs.]
# 2.  Hess' Article  Challenge of "Matus' 
             'Tempest'" [5 pgs.]
# 3.  Extracts from Hess Vol. IIIB, Appen. O,
             from Jane Cox's expert article re-
             futing any notion that the six Shak-
             spere signatures are reasonably
             his own [6 pgs. Goes with # 4]
# 4.  Robert Detobel's Proofs of Mr. Shak-
             spere's Illiteracy [15 pgs. See # 3]
# 5.  Hess' Article "Anthony Munday, Pub-
             lishing Shepherd of the Shake-
             speare Enterprise" [6 pgs.]
# 6.  Hess' Article "What Will Happen to
             All The Unemployed Orthodox Pro-
             fessors?" (previously Appen. T in
             the quintet) [13 pgs.]
# 7.  Hess' Article "Who Was The Honored 
             Lady of Oxford's 'Knight of the  
             Treeof the Sunne?'" (extracted  
             from Appen. I) [10 pgs.]
# 8.  Hess' Article "A Critical Review of 
             Two Entries in the 2004 ed. of the
             Oxford DNB" (with an E-mail
             introduction) [20 pgs.]
# 9.  Hess' Article "Did Thomas Heywood 
             Deem 'Will Shake-speare' a  
             Pseudonym or Front?" [10 pgs.]
#10. Hess Article  "When Shakespeare
             'originated' his Sonnets, did they
              have a 'Euphues' meaning?"
              [8 pgs.] (Publ. in Fall 2004 De
              Vere Soc. Newsletter)
 
THE SECRET:  The "Browse Before You Buy" brings up an Acrobat PDF file (fully searchable) which has an address at the top.  The last few characters of that address define which page # it is pointing to, with the first page # as one of the fm (for front material, the pages before Page 1 in the text, such as the Table of Contents).  You can navigate through the PDF file by use of the iUniverse-provided tabs, or you can manually change the page # in the address to quickly position yourself anywhere you wish inside of the book.  Browse to your heart's content if you wish, just as you might do in a bookstore.  Just remember, these 3 volumes are meant to be research resources for the future, and those who use them without buying will not be helping to keep the books posted (i.e., iUniverse will keep them up only so long as they keep selling the product).  The online PDF text is searchable, a deliberate tool for researchers.  Yet, with the book itself you'll support the cause and be able to write your notes in the margin of your own copy so much better!
 
For example, the 1st page of Appen. A in Vol. I is on Pg. 355 accessible at:
and the 1st play given dating allusions for its "origination" in Appen. B in Vol. II is on Pg. 158 accessible at:

From Prof. Gordon Cyr's Foreword:

"The 'dark side' of the title refers to what Hess finds to be Oxford-Shakespeare's somewhat 'schizoid' persona: outwardly foppish, Italianate in artistic tastes, manners and dress, but also a gallant jouster, graceful dancer, musician, gifted poet, and playwright, and beloved patron of poets, actors, and writers of learned treatises and entertainments alike.  Hess shows, however, that behind the scenes Oxford's activities as spy, intriguer, betrayer, smuggler, and gun-runner (possibly even assassin), can be documented.... So, Oxfordians should get ready for a 'paradigm shift'... if Hess is right. If he is not, enjoy a rollicking 'good read!' For such, Ron Hess is a well-informed and wide-read guide."

Might the mysterious figure "r" at the end of the "Blew Knight's" text have signified "the Laurel of Lorraine?"  GOES WITH HESS' WEBPAGE ARTICLE # 7

The Dark Side of Shakespeare (a Quintet by W. Ron Hess)