Talk:Ur-Hamlet
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Is Kyd really "generally accepted" to have been the author of this? I am not a literary scholar, but I have read analyses that both support and refute the proposition. Ellsworth 23:32, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
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- No, I think most responsible scholars simply say that it might have been Kyd, since he has a better claim than most. Few would claim any certainty on the matter. The Singing Badger 23:53, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
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- In his critical coverage of Hamlet, Cedric Watts states that the Ur-Hamlet was "almost certainly" written by Kyd. --Virnas 23:46, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
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- No, I think most responsible scholars simply say that it might have been Kyd, since he has a better claim than most. Few would claim any certainty on the matter. The Singing Badger 23:53, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
Is the anti-Stratfordian drivel really necessary? Rintrah 13:43, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
- Probably not. I think you were right to remove it, but don't be surprised if it comes back. Turning to the other point in your edit summary, though, I will revert you if you remove the Bloom paragraph. The fact that Harold Bloom has argued the point prominently in Invention of the Human - one of the most widely read and influential recent books on Shakespeare - makes it both noteworthy and interesting, for my money. AndyJones 12:14, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
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- Ok. I will admit that I am prejudiced to Harold Bloom: his recent anthology of poetry inspired disgust at his work, for its intrusive comments on the poetry, his tendencies to categorise poets reductively, and his disparaging comments about Poe. If someone else expressed his argument, I would consider it with more weight. Rintrah 11:53, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
