Roger Stritmatter | April 18, 2010
In case you were wondering if the internet is going to make us any smarter, the evidence is now in. The answer is, “no” – at least if one may draw any conclusion from the depressingly conformist hallelujah chorus which has issued from so many mass media internet reviewers in response to James Shapiro’s Contested [...]
Roger Stritmatter | March 5, 2010
The snow is nearly melted in Baltimore, and after a full week’s redress from the busy schedule of classes at Coppin State University, during which we huddled next to the heaters while the February blizzard pounded us for several days, or so it seemed, we are by now almost poised for spring break. In the [...]
Roger Stritmatter | January 3, 2010
This blog is the second entry in my “Unsung Heroes” Series: it is dedicated to William Plumer Fowler (1901-1993) — poet, lawyer, and Shakespearean heretic. From its inception in 1920, the case for Oxford’s authorship of the Shakespearean canon has been supported by stylistic analysis of the poetry and prose surviving under de Vere’s own [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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