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Notes Towards the Complete Works of Shakespeare

1 pointsby diwankabout 13 years ago

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Jun8about 13 years ago
"The fact that the work of Shakespeare is probably the work of a group of writers working under a pseudonym adds further irony to the work ... but it is also entirely disputable that he existed at all or certainly that he was one person in fact, one commonly held view is that he was an illiterate actor and a consortium of writers used his name as an ironic joke."<p>The site is filled with crackpot arguments like this and other mumbo-jumbo, e.g. "emphasises [sic] the unreliability of human (scientific) hypotheses" which is a pity because this is a fascinating subject.<p>A much better time investment would be to read <i>The Library of Babel</i> by Borges, if you haven't already done so. Then, buy <i>The Unimaginable Mathematics of Borges' Library of Babel</i>, which is truly excellent.