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Re: Shakspere a playwright? (fwd)
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***As to the "idle" thought at the end, I can think of quite a few
peasants -- or non-aristocratic "provincial" Jews -- born around the same
time as Nabokov who had very considerable talent -- Platonov (b.
1899, like VN, and a peasant), Babel (b. 1894, a Jew). And Chekhov was a
grandson of a serf... GD***
From: "Peter A. Kartsev" <petr@glas.apc.org>
Mr. Justice's reply is typically Stratfordian in being both very
scathing and completely beside the point. It does not matter whether
Shakespeare was a member of bourgeoisie or aristocracy. What matters is
that there is no single contemporary identification of Shakspere, the
man from Stratford, as Shakespeare the playwright; in fact, contemporary
sources mention the possibility only in order to ridicule it.
Furthermore, what little is known of the Stratford man amounts to a
portrait of an individual who could NOT have written the plays - for
many reasons, not least because he was almost certainly illiterate. That
this portrait is also highly unflattering is again beside the point, but
noteworthy.
However, it is extremely difficult to discuss this with those
Stratfordians who never bothered to study the arguments of the opposing
side, because they operate with facts that have been mostly invented,
interpolated or misconstrued by orthodox biography. Stratfordian
biographers identify Shakspere with Shakespeare as a matter of course,
while there is absolutely no reason for this.
I hope I've made it clear that my position is not based on snobbery. And
yet, do you believe a Russian peasant born towards the end of the last
century could have written the works of Vladimir Nabokov? Just an idle
thought...
Peter.
> Of course not! To have such masterpieces produced by a member of the
> bourgeoisie is just *too* demeaning. Just like those fools who think
> Michaelangelo could have painted the Sistine chapel. Hmph! How could
> anyone...
peasants -- or non-aristocratic "provincial" Jews -- born around the same
time as Nabokov who had very considerable talent -- Platonov (b.
1899, like VN, and a peasant), Babel (b. 1894, a Jew). And Chekhov was a
grandson of a serf... GD***
From: "Peter A. Kartsev" <petr@glas.apc.org>
Mr. Justice's reply is typically Stratfordian in being both very
scathing and completely beside the point. It does not matter whether
Shakespeare was a member of bourgeoisie or aristocracy. What matters is
that there is no single contemporary identification of Shakspere, the
man from Stratford, as Shakespeare the playwright; in fact, contemporary
sources mention the possibility only in order to ridicule it.
Furthermore, what little is known of the Stratford man amounts to a
portrait of an individual who could NOT have written the plays - for
many reasons, not least because he was almost certainly illiterate. That
this portrait is also highly unflattering is again beside the point, but
noteworthy.
However, it is extremely difficult to discuss this with those
Stratfordians who never bothered to study the arguments of the opposing
side, because they operate with facts that have been mostly invented,
interpolated or misconstrued by orthodox biography. Stratfordian
biographers identify Shakspere with Shakespeare as a matter of course,
while there is absolutely no reason for this.
I hope I've made it clear that my position is not based on snobbery. And
yet, do you believe a Russian peasant born towards the end of the last
century could have written the works of Vladimir Nabokov? Just an idle
thought...
Peter.
> Of course not! To have such masterpieces produced by a member of the
> bourgeoisie is just *too* demeaning. Just like those fools who think
> Michaelangelo could have painted the Sistine chapel. Hmph! How could
> anyone...