{"id":2236,"date":"2008-02-12T15:22:49","date_gmt":"2008-02-12T23:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=2236"},"modified":"2008-02-13T15:44:27","modified_gmt":"2008-02-13T23:44:27","slug":"remind-me-to-never-read-another-shakespeare-biography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=2236","title":{"rendered":"Remind Me To Never Read Another Shakespeare Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"

They’re all boring. Even a talent writer such as Bill Bryson can’t put together anything compelling because we know so little.<\/p>\n

Oh, you say we know more about Shakespeare than almost any contemporary. Well, big deal. It’s still drips and drabs. There’s less there than in the Torah. But like Judaism, Shakespeare biographies are based on a minimum of revelation and a maximum of interpretation.<\/p>\n

I’m better off spending my time studying Britney Spears.<\/p>\n

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They’re all boring. Even a talent writer such as Bill Bryson can’t put together anything compelling because we know so little. Oh, you say we know more about Shakespeare than almost any contemporary. Well, big deal. It’s still drips and … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[592],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t