The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 16.1969 Wednesday, 30 November 2005
[1] From: Larry Weiss <
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Date: Tuesday, 29 Nov 2005 16:29:55 -0500
Subj: Re: SHK 16.1958 Dead Horses and Closing Threads
[2] From: Abigail Quart <
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Date: Tuesday, 29 Nov 2005 18:18:03 -0500
Subj: RE: SHK 16.1958 Dead Horses and Closing Threads
[3] From: Bill Lloyd <
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Date: Wednesday, 30 Nov 2005 00:43:00 EST
Subj: Re: SHK 16.1958 Dead Horses and Closing Threads
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From: Larry Weiss <
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Date: Tuesday, 29 Nov 2005 16:29:55 -0500
Subject: 16.1958 Dead Horses and Closing Threads
Comment: Re: SHK 16.1958 Dead Horses and Closing Threads
I hope Hardy will permit a brief response to Bill Lloyd's post, just to
say (1) I have no substantial objection to his proposed modifications of
my lists -- as I thought I made clear, they are tentative ideas offered
for discussion; (2) to answer his questions:
>It's difficult without some preliminary discussion to determine which
>textual or critical theories are 'crackpot'. Does Larry mean A Lover's
>Complaint?
No.
>Titus Andronicus?
No.
>Woodstock?
Yes.
And (3) to correct a misrecollection:
>Some may have thought the Measure for Measure/Currency theory
>that Larry defended so vehemently bordered on the crackpot.
Please! I stood foursquare with Thomas Larque in *opposition* to that
conjecture. I chimed in only after I felt that Tom was being ganged up
on unfairly by the two proponents.
And, finally, to endorse Bill's comments to the effect that non-scholars
should not be discouraged from participating. As most SHAKSPERians
know, my professional qualifications lie elsewhere, but there are some
members who think I have from time to time made a useful and "serious"
contribution.
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From: Abigail Quart <
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Date: Tuesday, 29 Nov 2005 18:18:03 -0500
Subject: 16.1958 Dead Horses and Closing Threads
Comment: RE: SHK 16.1958 Dead Horses and Closing Threads
I'm with Bill Lloyd on this:
>"It's difficult without some preliminary discussion to determine which
>textual
>or critical theories are 'crackpot'. Does Larry mean A Lover's
>Complaint? Titus Andronicus? Woodstock? Some may have thought the
>Measure for Measure/Currency theory that Larry defended so vehemently
>bordered on the crackpot. (For the record, I didn't buy the theory, but
>didn't think it crackpot.) Sometimes there's not a clear demarcation,
>but rather a continuum between responsible speculation and crackpotation."
As the only living proponent of the theory that Will wrote at least
Sonnet #1 to a guy named Edmund, most likely his kid brother, am I not
allowed to mutter about it without having a published paper to back it
up? Which is fair, I suppose, but it does get so very lonely.
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From: Bill Lloyd <
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Date: Wednesday, 30 Nov 2005 00:43:00 EST
Subject: 16.1958 Dead Horses and Closing Threads
Comment: Re: SHK 16.1958 Dead Horses and Closing Threads
It's been pointed out to me that in my sermon on the scholarliness of
SHAKSPER I inadvertently confused Larry Weiss [who offered a
permissible/impermissible list] with Ed Taft [who defended Tom Krause's
*Measure For Measure* thesis against Thomas Larque].
Apologies to both, if necessary. Hope I've got the names right this time.
Confused Bill Lloyd
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