Ben Jonson’s Desk Fire in November 1623 - Gabriel Ready

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  • @joekostka1298
    @joekostka1298 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    It's incredible, isn't it, that we have hundreds of Jonson's manuscripts but not a single one from Shakespeare? That fact alone defies explanation in terms of accidental fires. There should be some works by Shakespeare around considering his fame and output but there is not a single one. There should also be some works from the Stratford man if indeed he was said writer. That fantasy cruise, however, sailed long ago. Thank-you for this wonderful insight and presentation. I love Oxfordians and Authorship questioners for their investigative and historical curiosity.

  • @gerhardrohne2261
    @gerhardrohne2261 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    stunning conclusion! great thanks for your investigation.

  • @ronroffel1462
    @ronroffel1462 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Another excellent presentation on the authorship mystery.
    Could it be that the fire in Jonson's study was intended to destroy manuscripts used in the printing of the First Folio? I believe so.
    Could the fire be a hint that the people whom "Shakespeare" satirized were afraid there were more manuscripts left unpublished which could further expose their foibles and flaws? If these could be proven true, it would lend credence to the idea that the fire was deliberately set to prevent such plays and poems from being published.
    I do not believe that Jonson would have deliberately set fire to his own writing. It destroyed months, perhaps years, of his own work which I do not see an ageing playwright wanting to rewrite. In an era when plague, floods, and other natural and unnatural events could snuff out life in an instant, writers would not necessarily have wanted to see their work left unfinished or destroy work which was ready for publication.
    The question is: why would he have set fire to the manuscripts used in the First Folio? Perhaps he thought they were of no use since the project had been completed and there was no need for them. Yet, what if there were other plays and poems given to him by Susan Vere Herbert? Why destroy valuable previously unpublished work given the quality of it? It does not make sense from our perspective, but perhaps there were good reasons for Jonson to do so.
    George Steevens was the first Shakespearean scholar to attribute the letter To the Great Variety of Readers from the First Folio to Jonson due to paraphrasing and plagiarism of writing by him, some of which was not published until after Jonson's death in 1637 in the collection Timbers. Steevens' argument was persuasive enough to convince many 19th century scholars including the editors of the Cambridge edition of the complete works.
    On another note: I was under the impression the fire happened in December 1623, specifically December 23rd. Perhaps my source was wrong.

  • @russellmartocci323
    @russellmartocci323 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I'd say Argenis was a cover story for the actual project, which was the first folio. Reports about seeing the translation of Argenis are part of the cover story. King James was aware of and approved the Shakespeare folio project.

    • @joecurran2811
      @joecurran2811 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Didn't the First Folio help end James I's plans for the Spanish Marriage? Would be strange for him to approve of that.

  • @centerightvoice
    @centerightvoice 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    A Moore is in the middle.
    In the center of the 2nd part, 12 pgs in and 12 pages from end (pg271/781), there is a conversation betwixt the Queen and Hamlet. 17 lines from the top and 17 lines from bottom, 5 words over, 5 words from end...
    MOORE
    in the middle. Hmmm.

  • @brendanward2991
    @brendanward2991 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Strong stuff!

  • @centerightvoice
    @centerightvoice 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It were She, E. Ver.