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Wilful thinking; William Shakespeare.(The Shakespeare Wars: Clashing Scholars, Public Fiascoes, Palace Coups)(Shakespeare and Co: Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Dekker, Ben Jonson, Thomas Middleton, John Fletcher and the Other Players in His Story)(Book revi

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From: The Economist (US)
Date: 20060826
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The well of bottomlessness

The mystery of Shakespeare still exerts its inexorable pull

HERE are two books with "Shakespeare" in the title that could not be more different in tone: Stanley Wells, cool, orderly and gently amused; and RonRosenbaum, all personal and upfront,ecstatic, pugnacious, complex--a streetwise Ancient Mariner.

They are different in approach too. Mr Wells sees Shakespeare as a member of a community of writers and actors, sparking off and learning from each other; the bard collaborated actively with at least one of those, Thomas Middleton. Mr ...

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