Hi Hannibal,
I just read through the entry, and I don't have any real problems with it. It does, as you say, seem to lend some authority to an idea that I would dismiss out of hand; but since the idea laid out under the rubric of "Speculation on Sidney as Shakespeare," it is appropriately couched. The article gets some things wrong--a copy of the Sidney-Pembroke Psalter was prepared for Elizabeth, but never actually presented to her--but it is, on the whole, accurate. I am a bit bothered that so many of the claims seem to need citation, which would suggest that the article is still in draft stage.
All to say that we should tinker, but there is, to my mind, no urgency. I would not, myself, be able to get to it right away (start of term...you know).
Best,
Kim
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Subject: challenge to Sidneians?
Dear Sidneians (Spenserians too),
I was looking at the Wikipedia page on Mary Sidney, and was irritated to see that it closes with a section on "Speculation on Sidney as Shakespeare" that seems to take this silly idea seriously. There's a list of publications, including Robin Williams' "first comprehensive look at the documented evidence." As curious cultural history, this section seems reasonable and interesting enough (as would something on the Authorship Controversy on the Shakespeare page), but it ought to be presented as such, not as an idea any serious scholar entertains.
Hence my challenge. I know the Spenser Society takes care to look after the Spenser Wikpedia page, but it seems to me someone might update Mary Sidney's. Any takers?
Hannibal
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