tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942147318185235475.post1171533817562292072..comments2024-03-05T10:34:30.182-05:00Comments on The Marlowe-Shakespeare Connection: By the Dim Light of Nature by Peter FareyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942147318185235475.post-42840108193539354922015-10-09T05:34:01.319-04:002015-10-09T05:34:01.319-04:00Marlowe isn't covering up his education, he is...Marlowe isn't covering up his education, he is just avoiding long ponderous Latin quotes, he did that a few times in Faustus, and in Tambourlaine. The reason is that this show-off erudition SUCKS BALLS, the Latin business is a weakness in Marlowe's writing, one which he fixes. If you look at Jonson, there is absolutely none of that rubbish, there is no showing off, and Marlowe is simply evolving, possibly in reaction to Jonson, to see that there is no need to display erudition deliberately. Marlowe's erudition leaks out anyway, as it's bound to do through it's own nature. The main contrast is that in Jonson, you have an authentic grammar-school genius, he doesn't go to university, and you can see that his style is vibrant and alive precisely because it is entirely original, and doesn't owe anything to classical education or Euripedes or any of that. This is what Marlowe (as Shakespeare) is doing, he isn't hiding or covering up, he is evolving along with Jonson to a modern style of playwriting. It's not much of an evolution anyway, Marlowe was already pretty modern at the start.Ron Maimonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07091536472786521926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942147318185235475.post-83631299122056650762010-06-22T07:26:57.211-04:002010-06-22T07:26:57.211-04:00This is a tough sell for me: trying to cover up y...This is a tough sell for me: trying to cover up your education. I just can't get my hands on it.LeslieTartaglianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942147318185235475.post-83665320033248492502010-06-17T15:34:12.718-04:002010-06-17T15:34:12.718-04:00an interesting angle indeed!an interesting angle indeed!The Other Great Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942147318185235475.post-24739207557943371782010-06-16T07:44:33.121-04:002010-06-16T07:44:33.121-04:00Interesting point, Rado. Can't say that I have...Interesting point, Rado. Can't say that I have done any counting of my own, so Levin may well be right.<br />In this case Beaumont presumably still wouldn't have been saying that Shakespeare lacked learning, only that he was at his best when he didn't display it.<br />As for Blount's H&L dedication, if I come up with anything that hasn't already been said on the subject you'll probably hear it here first!<br /><br />Peter FareyPeter Fareynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942147318185235475.post-77869005018473341202010-06-15T15:09:35.908-04:002010-06-15T15:09:35.908-04:00Hi Peter
A couple of things. In Levins' opini...Hi Peter<br /> A couple of things. In Levins' opinion " Shakespeare's writing, during Marlowe's lifetime was quite as heavily loaded with classical freight" Maybe Marlowe was alerted to the fact that he was sounding just like himself and had better change or get rumbled. Second, can we look forward to you getting your linguistic forensic teeth into Blount's dedication to Hero and LeanderRado Klosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12146122797016138783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942147318185235475.post-57196003016188509812010-06-14T10:36:55.624-04:002010-06-14T10:36:55.624-04:00DresdenDoll asked...
but why would he opt not to d...DresdenDoll asked...<br />but why would he opt not to display learning?<br /><br />If you had had six and a half years at university but wanted people to believe that what you had written was by someone with probably only a truncated grammar school education, wouldn't you?<br /><br />Peter FareyPeter Fareynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942147318185235475.post-28426472772766697162010-06-14T09:31:20.120-04:002010-06-14T09:31:20.120-04:00but why would he opt not to display learning?but why would he opt not to display learning?DresdenDollnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942147318185235475.post-13054770688751509752010-06-13T10:19:50.937-04:002010-06-13T10:19:50.937-04:00an interesting anglean interesting angleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942147318185235475.post-31737237287941152702010-06-12T16:59:26.939-04:002010-06-12T16:59:26.939-04:00a very fair analysis, I would say, and thanks for ...a very fair analysis, I would say, and thanks for pointing out the convenient ellipses on the Wikipedia quote.Martinnoreply@blogger.com