Ask me if I care, even if this claim is true, which I reserve the right to doubt. A scholar having an angle on a subject that is other than the angle you want her to take is NOT an affront to scholarship.
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No, it doesn't. You are not entitled to dictate the scholarly interests of other people. If you think that the "famous brethren" are materially relevant to Shakespeare scholarship then you can write your own damn paper instead of demanding that others do your legwork for you. Smith's book is about
what she wanted it to be about. In her own words, "it is resolutely focused on what happened next. Who bought it, both immediately and over the following centuries, and why? What did it mean to them and what did they do with it?" The Herberts are irrelevant to her focus.
The mentions of John Heminges and Henry Condell are NOT about them personally but about their lasting legacy through the First Folio. For example, on pages 60-61, they get a mention because of the fact that the façade of the Folger Library was decorated with quotes from Jonson and from H&C. If you
Oo er.
Are you Emma Smith/Stone?
Just calm down dear. Clearly you are someone who writes. They were honourable brethren and one was De Vere’s son in law. That is relevant. Are you suggesting that Hemmings and Condell kept the manuscripts for the works under their beds till ready to publish?
Obviously not. If I were her, I would have gotten her name right instead of mixing her name up with that of an actress.
How on earth is it relevant that they were titled or that Philip Herbert was NOT ACTUALLY de Vere's son-in-law because he only married Susan Vere after the old man was dead? Make
And I have no idea where the manuscripts, if any, were kept. Presumably the MS prompt books were kept at the theatre. If they had his own authorial foul papers or if they got those from his family in Stratford is unknown and I don't have a crystal ball.
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Are you Emma Smith/Stone?
Just calm down dear. Clearly you are someone who writes. They were honourable brethren and one was De Vere’s son in law. That is relevant. Are you suggesting that Hemmings and Condell kept the manuscripts for the works under their beds till ready to publish?
How on earth is it relevant that they were titled or that Philip Herbert was NOT ACTUALLY de Vere's son-in-law because he only married Susan Vere after the old man was dead? Make
And I have no idea where the manuscripts, if any, were kept. Presumably the MS prompt books were kept at the theatre. If they had his own authorial foul papers or if they got those from his family in Stratford is unknown and I don't have a crystal ball.