8.06.2004
Secret Shakespeare's adventures of freeman jones
edited by Michael Brame & Galina Popova
Amazon page
Overall Grade: D+
Okay, the premise of this work is that the work that is delivered in the first section was really written by the guy who wrote all the Shakespeare stuff, except that he is not the guy from Stratford, but some noblemen or courtier or something. While the actual piece in question is a good read (bawdy, Shakespeare-like escapades), the footnotes & second section are just too much. Seriously, every time the word 'ever' or 'over' is used does not mean the author is making some subtle reference to his initials or name or identity. Good grief! Their argument is viable without running it into the ground with these stupid supposed self-references pointed out every page or so. I can't really recommend this unless you haven't got a thing else to read.
Amazon page
Overall Grade: D+
Okay, the premise of this work is that the work that is delivered in the first section was really written by the guy who wrote all the Shakespeare stuff, except that he is not the guy from Stratford, but some noblemen or courtier or something. While the actual piece in question is a good read (bawdy, Shakespeare-like escapades), the footnotes & second section are just too much. Seriously, every time the word 'ever' or 'over' is used does not mean the author is making some subtle reference to his initials or name or identity. Good grief! Their argument is viable without running it into the ground with these stupid supposed self-references pointed out every page or so. I can't really recommend this unless you haven't got a thing else to read.
Labels: genre: fiction, media: book
