Monday, April 11, 2011

News from Germany (Drei)

From our own Mr. H.W. in Germany today comes this news: Kurt Kreiller's book (Der Mann, der Shakespeare erfand: Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford) will be published in paperback on April 18. This hard-hitting Oxfordian tome, our correspondent notes, has proved since its 2009 release to be "quite a success." Kudos to gentle master Kreiller! 

Moreover, the peerless Oxfordian researcher Robert Detobel (a helpful and careful early proof-reader of "Shakespeare" By Another Name) has a new book coming out in response to James Shaprio's recent anti-Oxfordian diatribe Contested Will. The book cover is pictured here. 

Detobel's Will - Wunsch und Wirklichkeit - James Shapiros Contested Will ("Will -- Wishes and Reality -- James Shapiro's Contested Will") is slated for publication in October. 

According to its press release, the new Will will be challenging Shapiro's "almost unbelievable range of errors... and deliberate distortions."Hear hear! 

Both books are in German only as of this writing. 

2 comments:

Ricardo Mena said...

Great battles of wits...!

Exposing the falacies of others;
what a joy it sure must be!

Santayana says this (smiling, we presume):

"To knock a thing down, specially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight of the blood."

Ricardo Mena
www.shakespearemelodijo.blogspot.com

John in Berkeley said...

That's great news! I had been wondering why Robert was doing so much work on Shapiro! I look forward with great anticipation to the publication of his book.