Even if MT was wrong on the Shakespeare debate, his argument is persuasive
and hilarious.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dan Walker
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 9:41 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Shakespeare
To be fair to the Oxfordians (and I have no position on this), what they wi=
ll say is that Oxford's extant poems were written when he was very young. J=
oe Sobran, for ex, points out that Titus Andronicus is so inferior to late =
works like The Tempest that it was hard to believe Shakespeare wrote it. An=
d as I recall, young Twain's "The Gallant Fireman" (if I'm remembering it c=
orrectly) didn't show a lot of promise, either, till you realize how young =
he was. Of course, it can work the other way, too, especially with poetry: =
I look at some of my earlier poem and think: wow, how come I can't write li=
ke that now?
Dan Walker
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From: Hal Bush <[log in to unmask]>
To: TWAIN-L <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tue, Jan 28, 2014 10:03 am
Subject: Re: Shakespeare
thanks Sean; that's a great point. early conspiracy theory at its most
laughable! -hb
On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 5:34 PM, Sean Russell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dar Hal:
>
> Condolences. I was very curious about this odd idea that Oxford wrote
> Shakespeare and did some reading into this area at one point. The thing
> that really made me laugh - literally - was reading some of the poetry
> attributed to the Earl of Oxford (you can find this on the pro-Oxford
> sit=
es
> so they don't deny the earl wrote it). Part way through the third
> poem I could not stop laughing. People think this amateur wrote the
> works of Shakespeare? Of course the Oxford supporters will claim the
> earl wrote that mediocre poetry so no one would guess he was the
> genius behind the poetry of Shakespeare - because no self-respecting
> aristocrat would like to be know=
n
> as a literary genius. They'd much rather be known as a barely
> competent dabbler.
>
> Best,
>
> Sean Russell
>
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