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==Posthumous reputation and authorship controversy==

==Posthumous reputation and authorship controversy==

In the years after his death, Shakespeare and the other Elizabethan writers were gradually eclipsed by a new generation led by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, who collaborated as "Beaumont and Fletcher." Beginning with Samuel Johnson's edition of the plays in 1765, there was renewed interest in Shakespeare, a phenomenon called "bardology." Researchers discovered Shakespeare's will and some other documents, but the reading public remained dissatisfied with the amount biographical information available. By the 1840s, it became apparent that was no trove of Shakespeare correspondence waiting to be uncovered. In 1857, American Delia Bacon wrote a book arguing that Shakespeare was a fraud and the real author of his work was Sir Francis Bacon (no relation). This book kicked off the "Shakespeare authorship controversy," which continues to the day. Various late 19th century figures took up Bacon's cause, including Ignatius Donnelly, Mark Twain, Sigmund Freud, and Helen Keller. Computer style analysis by the Claremont Shakespeare Clinic in California in the 1990s established that Shakespeare's writing style is distinct and not similar to that of Bacon, the Earl of Oxford, or any of the other writers who figure in the various authorship conspiracy theories.<ref>Elliott, Ward E. Y.; Valenza, Robert J., "[http://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ571023 And Then There Were None: Winnowing the Shakespeare Claimants]", ''Computers and the Humanities'', v30 n3 p191-245 1996.</ref> Oxford's claim to authorship was comprehensively debunked by further style tests published in 2004.<ref>"[http://www.academia.edu/612631/Oxford_by_the_Numbers_What_Are_the_Odds_That_the_Earl_of_Oxford_Could_Have_Written_Shakespeares_Poems_and_Plays Oxford by the Numbers: What Are the Odds That the Earl of Oxford Could Have Written Shakespeare's Poems and Plays?]</ref> However, this claim continues to receive enormous attention and was the subject of a 2011 movie by Roland Emmerich called ''Anonymous''.

In the years after his death, Shakespeare and the other Elizabethan writers were gradually eclipsed by a new generation led by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, who collaborated as "Beaumont and Fletcher." Beginning with Samuel Johnson's edition of the plays in 1765, there was renewed interest in Shakespeare, a phenomenon called "bardology." Researchers discovered Shakespeare's will and some other documents, but the reading public remained dissatisfied with the amount biographical information available. By the 1840s, it became apparent that was no trove of Shakespeare correspondence waiting to be uncovered. In 1857, American Delia Bacon wrote a book arguing that Shakespeare was a fraud and the real author of his work was Sir Francis Bacon (no relation). This book kicked off the "Shakespeare authorship controversy," which continues to the day. Various late 19th century figures took up Bacon's cause, including Ignatius Donnelly, Mark Twain, Sigmund Freud, and Helen Keller. Computer style analysis by the Claremont Shakespeare Clinic in California in the 1990s established that Shakespeare's writing style is distinct and not similar to that of Bacon, the Earl of Oxford, or any of the other writers who figure in the various authorship conspiracy theories.<ref>Elliott, Ward E. Y.; Valenza, Robert J., "[http://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ571023 And Then There Were None: Winnowing the Shakespeare Claimants]", ''Computers and the Humanities'', v30 n3 p191-245 1996.</ref> Oxford's claim to authorship was comprehensively debunked by further style tests published in 2004.<ref>Ward E.Y., Elliott and Robert J. Valenza, "[http://www.academia.edu/612631/Oxford_by_the_Numbers_What_Are_the_Odds_That_the_Earl_of_Oxford_Could_Have_Written_Shakespeares_Poems_and_Plays Oxford by the Numbers: What Are the Odds That the Earl of Oxford Could Have Written Shakespeare's Poems and Plays?]. For a summary, see [http://www.shakespeareauthorship.com/ox6.html here].</ref> However, this claim continues to receive enormous attention and was the subject of a 2011 movie by Roland Emmerich called ''Anonymous''.

== List of Plays by Shakespeare<ref>[http://absoluteshakespeare.com/trivia/bibliography/bibliography.htm Bibliography]</ref> ==

== List of Plays by Shakespeare<ref>[http://absoluteshakespeare.com/trivia/bibliography/bibliography.htm Bibliography]</ref> ==