tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942147318185235475.post2906618889081194141..comments2024-03-05T10:34:30.182-05:00Comments on The Marlowe-Shakespeare Connection: A few words with Samuel Blumenfeld, author of The Marlowe-Shakespeare Connection, cont.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942147318185235475.post-26566272486897181262008-06-10T10:11:00.000-04:002008-06-10T10:11:00.000-04:00I've always thought of that passage in Hamlet as a...I've always thought of that passage in Hamlet as a touching tribute by Shakespeare to his dead friend, someone he admired and missed.<BR/><BR/>I don't actually think the speech in Hamlet is as good as the one in Dido, which is surprisingly plain-spoken and humanizing. <BR/><BR/>What an ego we would have to give Marlowe to make him praise his earlier play like that! And why wouldn't he have just quoted "his" earlier play directly, instead of writing a brand-new speech for Hamlet? No, the Hamlet speech is plainly a Shakespearean tribute, written in the Marlovian vein.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05543729525469734022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942147318185235475.post-63714605475658197952008-06-09T20:53:00.000-04:002008-06-09T20:53:00.000-04:00Excellent and provocative! Looking forward to rea...Excellent and provocative! Looking forward to reading more!Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07019651913408861130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942147318185235475.post-36670183711385007662008-06-04T19:50:00.000-04:002008-06-04T19:50:00.000-04:00I'm getting the book!I'm getting the book!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942147318185235475.post-10996955162035980972008-06-03T16:47:00.000-04:002008-06-03T16:47:00.000-04:00This is intriguing. Keep the blog going!This is intriguing. Keep the blog going!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942147318185235475.post-5173673955218289692008-05-31T14:07:00.000-04:002008-05-31T14:07:00.000-04:00carlo, the blog looks great. how about calling "N...carlo, the blog looks great. how about calling "NOTA BENE" "(DI)NOTA BENE"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com