Posted By Roger Stritmatter on 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 long interim between my last post and this one, much has transpired.
I want first to say “thank you” to the visitors who have come, even if for a brief time, to visit my site. Quite a number of you have actually registered, which is lovely, and a few less shy than others have even offered some pingbacks, emails, or commentaries to let me know you’ve read. (more…)
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Posted By Roger Stritmatter on January 13, 2010
Don’t look now, but literary scholar and psychoanalyst Richard Waugaman has published an intriguing new chapter in the ongoing study of the de Vere Geneva Bible.
Waugaman’s article, “The Sternhold and Whole Book of the Psalms is a Major Source for the Works of Shakespeare,” appears in the December 2009 issue of Notes and Queries. (more…)
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Posted By Roger Stritmatter on 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 name.
In Shakespeare Identified, Looney describes how he was first drawn to de Vere as a possible disguised Shakespeare by noticing some distinctly “Shakespearean” characteristics in Oxford’s “If Women Could be Fair” lyric. This was the starting point for Looney’s attempt to excavate de Vere’s forgotten reputation as one of the most celebrated lyric poets of the early Elizabethan period. Later Looney draws attention to a number of surprising connections between de Vere’s surviving poetry and the imagery and diction of the Shakespearean plays. (more…)
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Posted By Roger Stritmatter on December 26, 2009
Recto side of 1846 "Hydrachos" Manuscript.
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 of the “Hydrachos” research program, which also involves collaboration with scholars from Buffalo State University’s CEDAR Forensic Handwriting division, should be available by the end of February. (more…)
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Posted By Roger Stritmatter on December 26, 2009
The London Times: Catholic Bard on the Brain.
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 biography is to postulate that he was a secret catholic. (more…)
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