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Stratfordian Nostalgia – and Marx

I think Oxfordians of this generation underestimate the element in their own position which leaves them with a feeling of loss of something like a security which inhered in the Stratfordian position. In a sense, they were able to have … Continue reading

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Crazy Logic, Intuitive Logic: Response to Stephanie Hopkins Hughes: http://www.politicworm.com

Crazy Logic, Intuitive Logic: Response to Stephanie Hopkins Hughes: http://www.politicworm.com hopkinshughes Says: February 24, 2010 at 10:01 am | Reply edit It only takes a little investigation to strip William of Stratford of any “intuitive” appeal he might have. I’d … Continue reading

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Crazy logic, intuitive logic

Mr Wilkinson’s partisan infatuation with the Earl of Oxford stops him seeing that the decisions to support one authorship candidate rather than another is based on intuition, not logic. For example, if one starts with the assumption that William Shakespeare … Continue reading

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Being a Shakespearian

Oliver Kamm prompts me to some reflections on being a Shakespearian…. http://timesonline.typepad.com/oliver_kamm/2010/01/great-historical-questions-to-which-the-answer-is-no-2.html Oliver Kamm’s post of 29th January: “Mr Wilkinson, you miss my point: we do not share a profound passion for Shakespeare, we have nothing in common, and the … Continue reading

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The Mercurial Shakespeare

I realised, when I had finished the last post, that I had unwittingly but unerringly been drawn to that mercurial character which Keats recognised in the ‘chamelion’ poet concept, which is also the heart of the hermetic art of psychotherapy, … Continue reading

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Who was Edward de Vere, Shakespeare Authorship candidate?

The Shakespeare Authorship question continues to fascinate me. It already hijacked the largest chapter (4) of my book: http://www.karnacbooks.com/Product.asp?PID=25803 When in 1989 I first discovered that the authorship issue was alive, previously having dismissed prospective candidates like Bacon and Marlowe … Continue reading

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