22 Oct 2016

(477) David Kathmans insipid denial of a Shakespeare authorhip controversy

 For David Kathman the  Marlowe /Shakespeare idea has not even a fringe status 

within the  field of Shakespeare authorship studies -  What an Arrogance!

David Kathmans Chapter 110 in Vol.2











David Kathman at present  is a chartered Financial Analyst who makes his living as a mutual fund analyst for Morningstar in Chicago.

David Kathman
He has a PhD in linguistics from the University of Chicago.- The majority of his scholarly and media work  over the past decade deals with Shakespeare, especially  the Authorship controversy.- 
He is an ultraconservative orthodox Shakespearean / Stratfordian who  believes that doubt about the authorship  is not justified and that 
            an authorship question does not exist in reality.. -

In Volume 2 of the   Handbook "A Cambridge Guide to the Worlds of Shakespeare" Kathman with his "longstanding expertise as a denier" of a Shakespeare authorship problem obviously was commisioned to write the 

Chapter 110  "The Authorship Controversy".-

His chapter argues against Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford and neither  discuss nor  mention even once  the authorship candidate Christopher Marlowe, even though recent monographies (e.g. C.Hoffman, S.Blumenfeldt, D.Pinksen, B.Conrad a.o.) and media contributions on  the Marlowe issue are worth discussing.

Kathmans attitude reminds on the 9/11 Commission Report (2004 Chief Editor Philip D. Zelikow) which analyzed the cause of the rapid  symmetric fall of the twin towers hit by 2 planes but didnt even mention the symmetrical vertical free fall of a third skyscraper (WTC-7) with no plane hitting the building. 
       An inexcusable trend-setting inner attitude...

David Kathman belongs to the so-called  "industry in denial".- 

Compare his preconceived opinion below (expressed in the last sentence of his chapter)  with  the "Rebuttals to the Industry

 
Last sentence (conclusion) of Kathmans chapter 110.