15 Jul 2015

(207) Earliest firm record of Shakespeare's residency in London ??- Jonathan Bate and his MOOC course (1)



A Massive Open Online Course (->MOOC) on Shakespeare  (as  result of a collaboration between the University of Warwick and the -> Shakespeare Birthplace Trust- (see also Blog-> 205 ) took place. -

 Professor Jonathan Bate (s.also Blogs ->187  , -> 189 -> 191) did examine a particular play and a cultural theme alongside a selection of treasures from the Trust’s archives in Stratford-upon-Avon. Weekly learning material was broken down into six video segments, each examining a variety of  extracts.

->The first week he gave  an introduction: e.g. The ->Shakespeare Chronicle (1.6) of Shakespeare-related dates tells us, that Shakespeare's  first 3 decades of life  (1664-1593) reveal no sources for a literary output. It starts with Shakespeare's appearance in London .

Bates states that
the year 1592  is the Earliest firm record of Shakespeare’s residency in London: The “Shake-scene” reference in Robert Greene, Groat’s-worth of Wit.

Shouldn' t Bate remaine honest? Why he didn't use the word "possible", or "suspected" instead of "firm".-  This of crucial importance for the authorship problem...The Authors Samuel Blumenfeld and Daryl Pinksen have argued to the contrary.     -> See their arguments!


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                                                                           Jonathan Bate