A.C. Hamilton wrote:-
>Since I was the first to respond to the question of Spenser's authorship of
>The Shepheardes Calender that has now turned into the question of his
>sexual orientation,
I thought that his sexual orientation was already understood. My
questions are regarding the authorship of several poems that
have been published under the name of Spenser which should
not have been -- and the identity of the people referred to in those
poems.
>it is appropriate at a time when Canadians are grieving
>the death of a former prime minister, Pierre Trudeau, to cite his claim
>that 'the state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation' and add that
>neither has literary criticism.
But if Pierre Trudeau wrote and had published poems which were
being read 400 years later, there would be people puzzling over
any cryptic references in those poems. Don't you agree that it helps
if you understand what a writer is writing about?
>The meeting of the minds of Spenser,
>Sidney, and Marlowe concerns students of English literature, not any
>possible meeting of their bodies.
So how would you go about explaining a verse such as:-
By thee great Collin lost his libertie,
By thee sweet Astrophel forwent his joy;
By thee Amyntas wept incessantly,
By thee Rowland liv'd in great annoy;
O cruell, peevish, vylde, blind-seeing Boy,
How canst thou hit their harts, and yet not see?
(If thou be blinde, as thou art faind to bee.)
Or wouldn't you bother?
Peter Zenner
+44 (0) 1246 271726
Visit my web site 'Zenigmas' at
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