Roger Stritmatter | November 19, 2011

Many readers will already have heard something about the authorship wiki-wars. One of the fictions effectively perpetrated on unwitting newbies in these edit battles by the usual gang of diehard orthodoxists is that anything dealing in an intelligent way with the authorship question does not constitute a “reliable source” (is not RS) — apparently because [...]

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Tags: Marjorie Garber and Shakespeare Authorship Question, Shakespeare and Wikipedia, Shakespeare Authorship question and Wikipedia Wars, Shakespeare's Ghostwriters, Wikipedia Shakespeare wars

Roger Stritmatter | November 18, 2011

 Dr. Michael Delahoyde and his student Leda Zakarias at Washington State University in Pullman, WN, speak out on the authorship question on local news.

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Roger Stritmatter | November 17, 2011

  Understanding Shakespeare’s Bible allusions is not a spectator sport. Test your ability against the experts. Can you pass the Shakespeare Bible  Allusion Quiz? It doesn’t bite, promise….and will not affect your semester grade unless, of course you pass….:) More on the de Vere Bible annotations.

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Roger Stritmatter | November 16, 2011

I’ve noticed something striking about the critical response to Anonymous.  According to data available on Moviephone,  which not only collates reviews by professionals but  also supplies a forum for ordinary moviegoers to post their own evaluations, there’s a huge perception gap about how good or how bad a movie it is (if I were Sony, I’d [...]

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Tags: Anonymous, Anonymous and Authorship Question, Anonymous and reviewers, Anonymous and Roger Ebert

richard waugaman | November 12, 2011

A guest post by  Richard Waugaman, M.D. Roland Emmerich’s new film, Anonymous, is inspired by the same theory that gripped Freud during the last dozen years of his life—that “William Shakespeare” was the pseudonym and front man of Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford (1550-1604). The film has generated much debate, some of it acrimonious. Why [...]

Category: Authorship, News, State of the debate | 7 Comments »
Tags: Anonymous, Shakespeare and Edward de Vere, Shakespeare and multiple personality disorder, Shakespeare and psychoanalysis, Shakespeare and state of the debate, Shakespeare and the Bible