ABSTRACT
In this chapter we shall examine the evidence peculiar to the Oxford theory. This theory, as we have seen (p. 18) underwent a considerable change as it developed. When first put forward by Looney in 1920 Oxford was claimed to be the sole author of the Shakespearean plays and poems, but by 1931 the groupist modification was generally accepted by the whole school. Slater, in Seven Shakespeares, thus describes the accepted view:
