The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 21.0327 Wednesday, 28 July 2010
[1] From: John W Kennedy <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: July 26, 2010 2:33:23 PM EDT
Subj: Re: SHK 21.0315 SBReviews on the Internet
[2] From: Paul Barry <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: July 26, 2010 10:57:56 PM EDT
Subj: Re: SHK 21.0315 SBReviews on the Internet
[1]-----------------------------------------------------------------
From: John W Kennedy <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: July 26, 2010 2:33:23 PM EDT
Subject: 21.0315 SBReviews on the Internet
Comment: Re: SHK 21.0315 SBReviews on the Internet
Mari Bonomi <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
>Paul Barry wrote:
>
>We don't need to search for ways of doing them differently.
>We only need to try to do them in keeping with the
>Playwright's intent.
Ah but now you are opening an entirely different can of wriggly grey things!
Your statement presumes that somewhere we have *the* Playwright's intent. But
that we do not have.
Actually, no, it presumes no such thing -- only that Shakespeare, being a sane
adult, was capable of forming an intent, and that his intent is in some measure
discoverable and approachable. God knows we can't always do more than approach.
Textual problems and topical allusions that have passed over the historical
horizon are obvious barriers. So, one can imagine, are conflicts within
Shakespeare's own mind, or between Shakespeare and his society, such as issues
touching the Reformation in "Hamlet", "King John", "Twelfth Night", and "Henry
VIII". But that does not mean that other matters are not clear, at least to
anyone reasonably familiar with English society ca. 1600.
[2]-------------------------------------------------------------
From: Paul Barry <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: July 26, 2010 10:57:56 PM EDT
Subject: 21.0315 SBReviews on the Internet
Comment: Re: SHK 21.0315 SBReviews on the Internet
It's there if you're willing to take the time and make the effort to piece it
out.
PAUL BARRY
_______________________________________________________________
S H A K S P E R: The Global Shakespeare Discussion List
Hardy M. Cook, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
The S H A K S P E R Web Site <http://www.shaksper.net>
DISCLAIMER: Although SHAKSPER is a moderated discussion list, the opinions
expressed on it are the sole property of the poster, and the editor assumes no
responsibility for them.