Category Anonymous
The blog entry summarizes the experience of the Folger Library’s 2014 Conference on “Shakespeare and the Problem of Biography,” arguing that the conference was mislabeled and should have been called “Biography and the Problems of Shakespeare.”
Posted By William Ray on October 27, 2011, Willits homesteader, poet, and scholar. William J. Ray has previously appeared on this website only through quotation. I am pleased to feature his reflections at greater length in this series of missives,… Continue Reading →
I have a confession to make. William Ray is my favorite mail carrier. On the days when my usual mailman is off, and William substitutes for him, we have the greatest seminars. I know, I know. Mr. Ray’s mail carrying… Continue Reading →
Posted By Roger Stritmatter on October 23, 2011 What will we find when we turn the telescope of modern speech act theory on Shakespeare’s plays? Keep reading and find out.
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… Continue Reading →
Posted By Roger Stritmatter on November 16, 2011 I’ve noticed something striking about the critical response to Anonymous.
The “Propaganda Model of News” and the Critical Response to Anonymous Guest Post by Michael Dudley November 20, 2011 Anonymous may be garnering praise for its meticulous CGI recreation of Elizabethan London, but few critics can bring themselves to laud… Continue Reading →