The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 8.1114. Tuesday, 4 November 1997.
From: W. L. Godshalk <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Monday, 03 Nov 1997 13:00:59 -0500
Subject: 8.1110 Re: Assorted Macbeth Postings
Comment: Re: SHK 8.1110 Re: Assorted Macbeth Postings
Louis C Swilley writes:
>Apropos of the current Macbeth/Thurber remarks, does anyone recall an
>article, published years ago, by Lysander Kemp (of happiest critical
>memory), in which he argued and "proved" something ridiculous about - I
>think - Hamlet?
No, but I remember Douglas Bush's essay, I believe called, "Mrs. Bennett
and the Dark Gods" in Sewannee Review. Bush used Classical mythology to
explain Jane Austen-a spoof, and some scholars took him seriously. One
of my friends opined that "Bush may have gone too far."
Yours, Bill Godshalk
