Category History of Ideas
Originally posted By Roger Stritmatter on June 15, 2011 “Shakespeare lived a life of allegory. His works are comments on it.” These words by John Keats, perhaps the greatest English poet after Shakespeare, distill the essence of authentic Shakespearean biography… Continue Reading →
Posted By Roger Stritmatter on October 7, 2011 The following manuscript was sent to me from a fraudulent email account somewhere in Bermuda. Or maybe I found it in a bottle on the beach, like this: I have no idea… Continue Reading →
Guest post by Leda Zakarison* I’m one of those people who should love Shakespeare. I fit the bill perfectly for a teenage Shakespeare fanatic – I read books, speak French, and participate in class discussions. I’ve always bought into this… Continue Reading →
Fact patterns are more important than facts. In this first of a series, we consider the fact pattern of Shakespeare’s missing books.
Originally posted By Heward Wilkinson on October 31, 2011 We are pleased to offer another guest post from Dr. Heward Wilkinson. His previous post, on Professor Shapiro’s misunderstanding of the concept of “imagination,” may be found here. -Ed Our modern… Continue Reading →
The second in a two part series on James Shapiro’s hyphenation follies.
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 →
Psychotherapist and Literary Scholar Heward Wilkinson explains why James Shapiro’s concept of Shakespeare’s imagination is ideological and impossible.
A review essay on Sky Gilbert’s new “Shakespeare Beyond Science: When Poetry was the World.” The essay connects Gilbert’s argument that Shakespeare was obsessed by “the dangerous magical power of words” to the authorship question and suggests that the real author of the plays made himself known in part through the word play of his dramas and poems.