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>Peter asserts that "we know" that Shakespeare did not go to the printing
>house (as Ben Jonson did) to "oversee" (proofread?) the printing of King
>Lear, Hamlet, and Othello. Marcus and Kastan notwithstanding, I do NOT
>know that Shakespeare was indifferent to the printing and publication of
>his plays. Isn't this a matter of contest, not of knowledge? Last
>weekend, in fact, I argued at WEVSARA that Shakespeare did have a direct
>interest in the printing of Q1 2 Henry IV.
So far as I can tell, the burden of scholarship is to transform a matter of
knowledge into one of contest. I freely admit my assertion of "knowledge"
in this instance relies upon my betters, in particular, Marcus and Kastan,
although many others have made the same claim. If Bill can provide solid
evidence to the contrary, turning knowledge into contest, I am all ears.
pch
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