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Re: Proof that 'Shakespeare' was Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford

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From: Panu
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:14
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On Feb 28, 9:12 pm, Panu <craoibhi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 28, 9:01 pm, "Peter T. Daniels" <gramma...@verizon.net> wrote:
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> > Why is he the one who so thrilled the luminaries of the German
> > Enlightenment?
>
> Even McPherson's execrable fake "Ossian" thrilled contemporary
> luminaries. Today, nobody touches "Ossian", while many of those
> luminaries, such as Goethe, are still remembered. Literary history
> certainly knows many example of modest or mediocre works that have
> inspired vastly superior writing.

Sorry for not giving my answer in two words: novelty value.
Shakespeare's plays surely had some novelty value in the eyes of those
luminaries.
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Subject: Re: Proof that 'Shakespeare' was Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford
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