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To: ottbmare
David Alan White, who taught Shakespeare for ~30 years at the Naval Academy
and who's a frequent guest on The Hugh Hewitt show, does not agree with you.
16 posted on 10/14/2009 9:32:08 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: onedoug
David Alan White, who taught Shakespeare for ~30 years at the Naval Academy and who's a frequent guest on The Hugh Hewitt show, does not agree with you.

Well, my goodness, I'm sure a lot of people don't agree with me! That does not, however, negate the fact that sometimes further inquiry in the pursuit of truth can be valuable. I often wonder what motivates those who would shut down further discussion or investigation, and can only surmise that, as elsewhere in academia, they have careers invested in the status quo.

But would it not be interesting to do some work in this area? You might establish that Shakespeare really was the sole author of the canon attributed to him. Or you might establish that another was the author. Or that there were contributions from a variety of authors (most scholars accept that Shakespeare wrote a few of his lesser-known plays with a collaborator).

17 posted on 10/14/2009 9:47:54 AM PDT by ottbmare (I could agree with you, but then we'd both be wrong.)
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