humanities.lit.authors.shakespeare

On Feb 25, 2:51=EF=BF=BDpm, "Ms. Mouse" wrote:
> On Feb 25, 3:35=EF=BF=BDpm, Tom Reedy wrote:
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> > The Shakespeare-Oxford Society (http://www.shakespeare-oxford.com/) is
> > apparently so full of morons they can't even find a member literate
> > enough to edit their own "journal," The Oxfordian. Instead, they've
> > chosen Dr. Michael Egan to do the job and take Stephanie Hughes' place
> > (can anyone *really* replace Stephanie Hughes?).
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> > Egan, who I suppose would be termed a quasi-Oxfordian by Crowley, was
> > lionized by Oxfordians on the Fellowship boards last year for his not-
> > very-original theory that Thomas of Woodstock was written by
> > Shakespeare. (Seehttp://www.shakespearefellowship.org/Reviews/jimenez.wo=
odstock.htm).
> > He is Scholar in Residence at Brigham Young University, Hawaii.
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> > Question: is this an upward academic move for someone from Brigham
> > Young University? If Egan is *not* an Oxfordian, can they still claim
> > to be a peer-reviewed journal?
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> > Enquiring minds want to know!
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> > TR
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> Egan is neither an Oxfordian nor a Quasi-Oxfordian. He is a
> Stratfordian who believes that "Shakespeare is Shakespeare."
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> Mouse

MM:
I suppose we will have to see how he does with his new job. I'd be
very cautious about adding anything to the canon. What I read doesn't
indicate that the new additions were studied from a mystic
perspective. Therefore, IMO, that would leave lots of room for error.

Michael Martin