Roger Stritmatter | December 26, 2009
The Following Press release, dated Oct. 19, 2009, is reproduced from the original issued by the Institute for Linguistic Evidence (ILE). Although it does not directly concern Shakespeare or early modern materials, the release does report on my ongoing research program in the application of forensic methods to the study of historical and literary documents.
Results [...]
Roger Stritmatter | December 26, 2009
As those who have followed the authorship question over a period of time may be aware, over the last decade a growing showdown has been shaping up within the orthodox Shakespeare community over the question of the bard’s religious affiliations.
A quick and dirty solution to the longterm problem of the “mystery” of Shakespeare’s [...]
Roger Stritmatter | December 25, 2009
Columnist Frank McNally, who writes the regular column “An Irishman’s Diary” over at the Irish Times, has taken notice of the fact that Supreme Court Justices John Paul Stevens and Sandra Day O’Connor have both added their names to the Shakespeare Authorship Coalition’s Declaration of Reasonable Doubt. Writes McNally:
The theory that Shakespeare wasn’t Shakespeare has [...]
Roger Stritmatter | December 22, 2009
In addition to a handful of recent blogs, the site’s architectural features have been developed quite a bit since the last update.
The highlights include the following new pages or sections:
Forensics
Board Certified Forensic Analysis of the de Vere Bible annotations
Oxford’s Handwriting Sample
Publications
My Washington Post article
Shakespeare’s Missing Personality – review essay of Shakespeare’s Personality
Six Notes and Queries [...]
Roger Stritmatter | December 21, 2009
As some readers are aware, a question lurks over the de Vere Bible: who is responsible for the handwriting — and therefore the underlining and other notations – it contains? Contradictory statements by some scholars dedicated to the traditional view of Shakespearean authorship have confused the issue.
In the coming weeks, therefore, I will be [...]
Cutler debunks the still-living myth that Shakespeare wrote the works of "Shakespeare."
"A magnificently witty performance!" (Winnipeg Sun). "Highly entertaining and engrossing!" (EYE Weekly). "Is Shakespeare Dead? marshals startling facts into an elegant and often tenacious argument that floats on a current of delicious irony" (Montreal Gazette).
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