Milton on Shakespeare...

John Milton (b. 1608 - d. 1674), of course, never met the author of the works which have come to be attibuted to "William Shakespeare." Edward Oxford died before Milton was born. But if Milton had met William Shaksper of Stratford upon Avon and someone had tried to tell Milton that this was the author whose collected plays Milton had been reading and on which page-margins he'd been marking lines of text for his attention, he'd have laughed his fucking ass off.

Whatever interesting things Milton's marginal markings have to tell us, they tell us nothing which has anything to do with William Shaksper except, perhaps, that the idea of Shaksper as a writer is ridiculous.

Do you have to piss on everything? Get a life.

Here is another more detailed article on the discovery, courtesy of those upright, honest, knowledgeable, and astute folk at Oxfraud.

>4 Podras.:
Very telling. Thanks...

>4 Podras.: , >5 Crypto-Willobie:

LOL! Yeah, so what?

Actually, that's fine. I have a whole file "folder" devoted to Jason Scott-Warren and his work--which looks all very interesting to me. I also have a copy of the same article (linked at >4 Podras.:).

Yes, this is interesting and deserves anyone's attentive reading. However, when it comes to some supposed discrediting of the Oxfordian view, no one should automatically assume that, merely because the goof-balls at "Oxfraud" have linked to an article by Scott-Warren, that this is somehow an indication of some sort of an endorsement of "Oxfraud", the site or its contents, on the part of Scott-Warren.

But Podras probably wouldn't mind it if others were to misconstrue it as such.

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I can offer links to interesting scholars and scholarship, too:

E.g. this one ---> https://www.ofpilcrows.com/about

Enjoy.

>1 Crypto-Willobie:

The comments section there is at times silly, at others amusing. I particularly enjoyed "The Earl of Oxford is actually the author of everything that has ever been written, including this comment."

>7 lilithcat:

So true!

It's amusing, sort of, when someone jumps up and down excitedly as if in a sand box, effectively saying, "Me too! Me too! I have something to share, too. Pay attention to me," without either comprehending or caring that this is an adult thread set up to share important literary news about Milton.

By the way >7 lilithcat:, right on!

"It's amusing, sort of, when someone jumps up and down excitedly as if in a sand box, effectively saying, "Me too! Me too! I have something to share, too. Pay attention to me," without either comprehending or caring that this is an adult thread set up to share important literary news about Milton."

A piece of idiotic asshole-ery which does what it purports to deplore: Whaaa! No one is paying attention to to me! Wahahahahahhhhhhh! Pooo-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-or me!. Won't anyone devote himself to me and only me and only what I have to say (off-topic)?"

LOL! >9 Podras.: adds nothing to any discussion of Milton--unlike my comment.

The same is true of this >7 lilithcat: and this >8 Crypto-Willobie: Fucking bull-shit.

>10 proximity1:
Do you kiss your mother with that mouth?

>11 Crypto-Willobie:

A criticism typical of shallow and petty-minded mentalities.

Rather look, meanwhile, to your own moral and intellectual integrity. These resemble an open-sewer.