tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942147318185235475.post7720471931238347229..comments2024-03-05T10:34:30.182-05:00Comments on The Marlowe-Shakespeare Connection: Book Collecting and the Shakespeare Authorship Controversy by Samuel BlumenfeldUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942147318185235475.post-48959096450563150992011-01-17T21:46:44.042-05:002011-01-17T21:46:44.042-05:00love you, Sam!love you, Sam!NickPasquanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942147318185235475.post-33269782132801191682010-11-26T07:40:41.739-05:002010-11-26T07:40:41.739-05:00Good article, Sam.
Your defence of books and a mor...Good article, Sam.<br />Your defence of books and a more literary-oriented education is most welcome to those of us who have grown up with our noses buried in books.<br /><br />One thing I would like to mention however, and it refers to the growing habit of academic (and fiction) writers making their points by quoting their colleagues, rather than studying the literary and historical sources directly.<br />The result of this mutual back-rubbing is that their books often miss vital points. <br /><br />How many scholars writing about "Anthony and Cleopatra" bother to read the original Plutarch? Or how many of those writing about "Troilus and Cressida" begin by reading Homer? <br /><br />Literacy is one thing, scholarly back-rubbing is another; if we are to encourage a less commercial, more humanistic approach to culture and art, we need the younger generations to become once again familiar with, and interested in, the Classics.<br /><br />Just a thought.Isabel Gortazarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942147318185235475.post-36037064076470541452010-11-22T21:04:20.061-05:002010-11-22T21:04:20.061-05:00Sam is one of the great homeschooling pioneers.Sam is one of the great homeschooling pioneers.GPaulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942147318185235475.post-15885824922254603172010-11-21T22:04:40.445-05:002010-11-21T22:04:40.445-05:00Thanks Maureen for your very kind review of my boo...Thanks Maureen for your very kind review of my book. Whenever I speak on the subject I always urge the audience to first read Marlowe's plays and poems before reading Shakespeare's. Otherwise, they will miss all of the clues Marlowe put in the plays. For example, you must read Marlowe's Dido before you can understand the significance of the scene in Hamlet where he asks the players to give him a sample of their acting. It's wonderful how he plugs Dido as "caviar for the general." Thanks again for your endorsement.Sam Blumenfeldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942147318185235475.post-70637916513911134072010-11-20T09:46:44.428-05:002010-11-20T09:46:44.428-05:00I have read Sam Blumenfeld's wonderful "T...I have read Sam Blumenfeld's wonderful "The Marlowe-Shakespeare Connection". If you are unaware of just how much Marlowe can be found in the "Shakespeare" plays and poems prepare to be astonished. Marlovian references, allusions or direct quotes can be found in just about every play attributed to Shakespeare. Sam's book is incredibly well researched and his informative and relaxed style makes the Marlowe trail easy to follow. Anyone who is interested in the authorship question will find this book invaluable.Maureen Duffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942147318185235475.post-10372109425260985292010-11-17T12:36:09.874-05:002010-11-17T12:36:09.874-05:00Shakespeare is becoming more irrelevant to high sc...Shakespeare is becoming more irrelevant to high school curriculums in America. That's the reality.ElSidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942147318185235475.post-3274811868209536232010-11-16T12:30:42.969-05:002010-11-16T12:30:42.969-05:00Sam has always told it like it is regarding educat...Sam has always told it like it is regarding education. And I've used his Alpha-Phonics on two of my kids with great results. I will be sure to pick up the Marlowe book.JanisMcnoreply@blogger.com