Anne Shakespeare and why it is difficult
This is the rabbit hole of trying to understand why Anne wrote what she did. A woman living in a time of change but still not being able to fully express a feminine view, being constrained by the patriarchal dominance of the society and culture.
Anne Shakespeare: Another Digression
Last blog I started to talk about my next book which is going to look at Anne Shakespeare's core beliefs (as I see them) of love, nature, free will, and humanism (and religious beliefs). These are all filtered through Anne's feminine voice. And why not? Here we have the (possibly) greatest female writer of all time writing under the guise of her husband, William Shakespeare in order to immortalise him.
Anne Shakespeare: A digression
I have no doubt that Anne Shakespeare is the real author of the works attributed to her husband, William. Neither do I doubt that it was a conscious decision by Anne that William should be accorded all of the honours that went with (and continue to go with) this recognition…