Don’t Envy the Oxfordian

| November 10, 2011

Another cult classic by the inimitable,  multi-talented, but ever-elusive Luke Jaeger.

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Kier Cutler Strikes Back

| October 26, 2011

By Kier Cutler, PhD (English) I am a “crackpot.” More accurately, I have a “psychological aberration.” I am also “ignorant,” “a snob” and “a publicity hound.” I “have a poor sense of logic,” “refuse to accept evidence,” and am “certifiably mad.” I am “pursuing a poisonous, insidious agenda.” Who calls me (and people like me) [...]

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Coyote: An Instant Classic

| October 25, 2011

From the moment he posted himself up here, almost a month ago,  Coyote has been a minor hit.  For a long time I thought that he would be a one-hit wonder. Exactly the opposite has happened. Who would have thought that, almost a month after his initial appearance, Coyote is steadily rising through the ranks [...]

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Birthplace Trust Meets Anonymous

| October 25, 2011

The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust says “enough is enough.” The Trust has taken international relations and the history of literature into its own hands to protest that Warwickshire is no longer Shakespeare County, papering over the word “Shakespeare’s” in the phrase “Shakespeare’s County.”

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An Abbreviated History of Shakespearean Scholarship (1976-2011)

| October 17, 2011

Once upon a time, the world was simple.  We were confident that we had Shakespeare: A Documentary Life (1976). But then came Charlton Ogburn’s Mysterious William Shakespeare (1984)…

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Keir Cutler PhD: "Is Shakespeare Dead?"

"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).