humanities.lit.authors.shakespeare

On Mar 29, 1:39 pm, "bobgrum...@nut-n-but.net" but.net> wrote:
> On Mar 29, 10:41 am, Tom Reedy wrote:
>
> > In the not-so-new-but-just-now-read-by-me Shakespeare Survey 60, June
> > Schlueter makes a compelling case that the younger Martin Droeshout
> > was the engraver of the First Folio portrait, based to a large extent
> > on Christiaan Schuckman's discovery of 10 Droeshout engravings in
> > Spain that he announced in 1991.
>
> > On page 239 she reproduces one of the engravings, that of Francisco de
> > la Pa=F1a, that in style is almost a reversed mirror image of the
> > Shakespeare portrait, complete with the neckless head sitting on a
> > collar.
>
> > So much for the subtle hints pointing to authorship embedded in the FF
> > portrait.
>
> > TR
>
> Come on, Tom. Schuckman's discoveries prove how many fake authors
> were getting credit for the works of aristocrats back then!
>
> What is Shakespeare Survey 60, by the way? I know my local library
> won't have it, but is it something most college libraries would have?

http://www.cambridge.org/uk/literature/shakespearesurvey/

And yes, most university libraries would subscribe.

TR
>
> --Bob G.