humanities.lit.authors.shakespeare

On Mar 30, 6:20=C2=A0pm, Dominic Hughes wrote:
> On Mar 30, 10:02=C2=A0pm, Elizabeth wrote:
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> > On Mar 30, 5:33=C2=A0pm, Tom Reedy wrote:
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> > > On Mar 30, 5:50 pm, Elizabeth wrote:
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> > > > Greg Reynolds wrote:
> > > > > On Mar 28, 8:18=EF=BF=BDpm, Elizabeth w=
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> > > > > > Elizabeth wrote:
> > > > > > > Tom Reedy wrote:
> > > > > > > > On Mar 23, 3:56 pm, ben-Jonson w=
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> > > > > . . . if you are following the Oxfordian website that just can't
> > > > > seem to get it right:http://www.shakespearefellowship.org/Reviews/=
StritmatterAppleton.htm
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> > > > I read your link above a couple of days ago. Having
> > > > placed second in the National Spelling Bee, I was
> > > > halted by Stritmatter's spelling of =C2=A0'Mellen University.'
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> > > > Did Stritmatter mean to write 'Mellon University' as
> > > > in 'Carnegie Mellon?' =C2=A0Carnegie Mellon is one of the
> > > > top research universities in the world. =C2=A0It would be a
> > > > huge distinction for Appleton to receive an honorary
> > > > PhD from Carnegie Mellon.
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> > > > What intrigued me even more was the possibility that
> > > > Carnegie Mellon was handing out honorary degrees to
> > > > the first Oxfordian scholars. Or as Roger put it in your
> > > > link above:
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> > > > =C2=A0 In honor of the publication, moreover, Appleton has
> > > > =C2=A0 been awarded an honorary doctorate in history by
> > > > =C2=A0 Mellen University - another first for the Oxfordian
> > > > =C2=A0 movement and feather in the author's cap.
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> > > > As a compulsive fact checker I searched 'Carnegie
> > > > Mellon' -- it is 'Mellon,' =C2=A0then 'Mellen University.'
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> > > > In addition to results for 'Mellen University,' Google
> > > > produced results for 'Mellen University Company.'
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> > > > How can a unversity be a 'company?
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> > > Mellen University--or more accurately Mellen "University"--is a
> > > company that sells fraudulent degrees for those who can't get them any=

> > > other way.
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> > > > Could this have anything to do with the fact that
> > > > the vaunted Dr. Michael Egan, PhD Cambridge,
> > > > just resigned from his position as editor of the
> > > > Shakespeare [sic] Oxford Fellowship?
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> > > > And why did the Oxfordians 'commend' Egan for his
> > > > decision to resign.' =C2=A0What can that possibly mean?
> > > > I've never heard of anybody 'commending' someone
> > > > for their resignation.
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> > > > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Shakespeare Fellowship Discussion Boards: Dr. Michael
> > > > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Egan We commend his decision; we wish him well in all
> > > > =C2=A0 =C2=A0future endeavors; we hope he will continue to keep an
> > > > =C2=A0 =C2=A0open mind on the Shakespeare authorship question; ...
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> > > > I am not making any allegations one way or the other
> > > > because I have no knowledge of any irregularities on the
> > > > part of Egan, Roger or the Shakespeare [sic] Fellowship
> > > > Board of Trustees but . . .
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> > > > I have repeatedly tried to get through to the Oxfordians
> > > > that they must FIRST do criticism on Oxford's own works
> > > > before mounting any publicity campaigns.
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> > > > It's not about publicizing an authorship faction into power,
> > > > it's about doing what the Strats have done exactly right
> > > > for now hundreds of years, that is, establishing a highly
> > > > credible body of scholarship.
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> > > > I've never heard of scholars pushing a theory with a
> > > > publicity campaign.
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> > > Sure you have. You just know them as Oxfordians.
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> > > > Roger's trumpeting Egan's credentials as an 'Oxfordian
> > > > with a Cambridge PhD' with 'awards from Mellen University'
> > > > is all over the internet.
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> > > You are confused. Nobody has said anything about Dr. Egan and Mellen
> > > University. And he is not an Oxfordian.
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> > The PSA that was posted on the Shakespeare Fellowship website has been
> > taken down
> > but this on Reuters is either the original or
> > close to it::
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> > > > Feb-2008+BW20080228>
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> > Scroll down.
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> > At least forty-nine people who have received
> > the 'Adele Mellen Prize' which seems to be part
> > of the publishing package at Mellen Press.
> > Both Appleton and Egan have received the
> > Adele Mellen Prize, both have had their books
> > printed by Mellen Press.
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> > I don't know what's going on here but I am
> > sure that Stritmatter isn't implicated in anything
> > fishy.
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> > I don't agree with his authorship views
> > =C2=A0but believe that Stritmatter has personal
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> The Edwin Mellen Presshttp://www.mellenpress.com/
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> Dom

Nice looking web page.