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I expected yet another screed supporting one candidate or another in the Shakespeare authorship debate, but this fascinating book (while endorsing the man from Stratford as the author, or at least one of the authors, of the plays) takes us on a slightly different journey, exploring the history of the debate in the context of authorship challenges in general. Professor Shapiro's extensive research relates the arguments about Shakespeare's plays to the arguments about the authorship of Homer and of the Bible itself. We learn a lot about critical thinking over the centuries and about how our current literary expectations color our concepts of authorship. Easy and fun to read, like his earlier 1599, this is an important book for anyone who asks about authorship because it challenges us to explore why we are asking the question and what preconceptions we bring to the inquiry.Get more detail about Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare?.