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 sites
> 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 known
> as a literary genius.  They'd much rather be known as a barely competent
> dabbler.
>
> Best,
>
> Sean Russell
>



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