Even if MT was wrong on the Shakespeare debate, his argument is persuasive and hilarious. Michel L. Stone STONE & SUTTON, P.A. 116 East 4th Street Panama City, Florida 32401 (850) 785-7272 [log in to unmask] Mark Twain Interruption: http://www.stageplays.com/products/mark_twain_interruptioncategorycyberpress code417 -----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 -----Original Message----- 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 > --=20 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> =20 --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com