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"Vortigern" by William Henry Ireland
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"Vortigern" by William Henry Ireland
An examination of the 18th Century forgery of a play by Ireland which he claimed to be by Shakespeare with a Freudian analysis of the forger/author's motivations and intentions.
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"This research will examine the eighteenth-century forgery of a purported play by Shakespeare, Vortigern, as well as other documents relating to or supposedly written by Shakespeare, by one William Henry Ireland, the only son of a London engraver, Samuel Ireland. What motivated W.H. Ireland to produce a whole range of Shakespeareana seems most credibly attributed to what are today known as oedipal issues between parent and child. Young Ireland appears to have had the misfortune of being born into a family in which the father-son relationship was strained by ambiguity of affection and parental identity, and complicated by evidence of his father Samuel Ireland's obsession with the life and work of Shakespeare, as well as with a more general project of upward-class mobility. The range of issues dealing with the ambiguity of family relationships in the Ireland household can be seen..."More papers on "Vortigern" by William Henry Ireland:
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"Vortigern" by William Henry Ireland (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 13, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Essay-Vortigern-by-William-Henry-Ireland/15159
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""Vortigern" by William Henry Ireland" 15 January 2012. Web. 13 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-Vortigern-by-William-Henry-Ireland/15159>
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