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Re: Boyd on Shakespeare authorship (fwd)
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From Chrisopher Berg
Perhaps Dr. Boyd has better things to do than explore the rather sterile
subject of whether or not the Earl of Oxford is the author of Will
Shakespeare's plays. Sterile only in that the plays themselves offer more
questions than the answer of alternative authorship could ever resolve. I do
not mean to say, of course, that this subject should be left in the hands of
such as Joseph Sobran -- but on the other hand, perhaps that sort of mediocre
mind is the type most attracted to it. In any case, Dr. Boyd does seem have a
great deal to do, and he seems to do it superlatively well. Perhaps there
should be a Brian-Boyd-flame-L: some in this discussion group lately seem to
be all too ready -- and it seems to me often on the basis of less-than-
sufficient knowledge -- to dismiss his fine work, not to mention try his quite
remarkable good nature.
Perhaps Dr. Boyd has better things to do than explore the rather sterile
subject of whether or not the Earl of Oxford is the author of Will
Shakespeare's plays. Sterile only in that the plays themselves offer more
questions than the answer of alternative authorship could ever resolve. I do
not mean to say, of course, that this subject should be left in the hands of
such as Joseph Sobran -- but on the other hand, perhaps that sort of mediocre
mind is the type most attracted to it. In any case, Dr. Boyd does seem have a
great deal to do, and he seems to do it superlatively well. Perhaps there
should be a Brian-Boyd-flame-L: some in this discussion group lately seem to
be all too ready -- and it seems to me often on the basis of less-than-
sufficient knowledge -- to dismiss his fine work, not to mention try his quite
remarkable good nature.