February 6, 2004
A Geraldo Approach to the Mystery of Shakespeare
Every age, after his own, has gone in search of Shakespeare. The first biography was written in 1709 by Nicholas Rowe. Now it is a poor year for the Shakespeare business when two or three more do not show up on bookstore shelves. We want to know who he was, hoping that the narrative of his life will somehow explain the genius of his writing. But it never does. We find him, but who we find only adds to the mystery. How is it that a man without a university education, a glover's son from a
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