Shakespeare’s Son Died at 11. A Novel Asks How It Shaped His Art

and in 1991, Gaiman won to date the only World Fantasy Award given to a graphic novel for exploring the same question: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sandman:_Dream_Country#%22...

Re: Shakespeare’s Son Died at 11. A Novel Asks How It Shaped His Art

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Post by chrisweekly » Thu, Aug 20, 2020, 1:52 AM UTC

Edit: My original comment

> how could anything be known about Shakespeare's son given the Bard's identity is an open question?

resulted in downvotes and being compared to a flat-earther, plus one helpful answer to my question which remedied my ignorance. I'd love to freeze or delete my comment but all I can do is edit it. Thanks in advance for ignoring it and moving on.

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Post by dbtc » Thu, Aug 20, 2020, 1:57 AM UTC

chrisweekly wrote: post #5

Edit: My original comment > how could anything be known about Shakespeare's son given the Bard's identity is an open question? resulted in downvotes and being compared to a flat-earther, plus one helpful answer to my question which remedied my ignorance. I'd love to freeze or delete my comment but all I can do is edit it. Thanks in advance for ignoring it and moving on.

The shape of the earth is an open question too. Sorry. I have no idea what or who shakespeare was or how that identity has or hasn’t been confirmed. Still, just sayin’.

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Post by spaced-out » Thu, Aug 20, 2020, 2:48 AM UTC

chrisweekly wrote: post #5

Edit: My original comment > how could anything be known about Shakespeare's son given the Bard's identity is an open question? resulted in downvotes and being compared to a flat-earther, plus one helpful answer to my question which remedied my ignorance. I'd love to freeze or delete my comment but all I can do is edit it. Thanks in advance for ignoring it and moving on.

His identity is not an open question. We know exactly where and when William Shakespeare of Stratford was born and baptized (in those days they recorded baptism dates, not births). We know who his parents were, who his wives and kids were, the names of his 8 siblings, and the business ventures of his family...to name a few things.

We also know when he got started in the London theater scene, and how his career and skill developed (we've found early poetry of his which was not very good, for example). We even know that he became very wealthy and famous (he was famous even during his life) due to the success of his plays, and acquired quite a bit of real estate before he died.

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Post by twoodfin » Thu, Aug 20, 2020, 3:22 AM UTC

Odd that this review doesn’t mention that Hamnet’s early death and its impact on the Bard are dissected in the “Scylla and Charybdis” episode of Joyce’s Ulysses, as well as echoing against the cornerstone of the protagonist, Bloom.

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Post by knolax » Thu, Aug 20, 2020, 3:43 AM UTC

chrisweekly wrote: post #5

Edit: My original comment > how could anything be known about Shakespeare's son given the Bard's identity is an open question? resulted in downvotes and being compared to a flat-earther, plus one helpful answer to my question which remedied my ignorance. I'd love to freeze or delete my comment but all I can do is edit it. Thanks in advance for ignoring it and moving on.

The man has living relatives. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Shakespeare

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Post by emmelaich » Thu, Aug 20, 2020, 3:57 AM UTC

therealdrag0 wrote: post #3

Interesting. Coincidentally, a recent episode of EconTalk [0] taught me that the plague had a big impact on Shakespeare and his work. [0] https://www.econtalk.org/ben-cohen-on-the-hot-hand/

Thanks! For those who'd rather read than listen, there's a transcript lower right.