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 > -- Prof. Harold K. Bush Professor of English 3800 Lindell Saint Louis University St. Louis, MO 63108 314-977-3616 (w); 314-771-6795 (h) <www.slu.edu/x23809.xml>