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‘CSI: Middle Ages’: True-crime mystery by UCLA medievalist illuminates 15th-century Paris

By Guest PostMarch 14, 2014Culture, General, Politics15th century paris, arthurian legends, bernard guenee, blood royal, crime writers, csi, dragons, du temple, duke louis, dungeons, english professor, eric jager, french historian, guillaume de tignonville, last duel, medieval france, medieval times, middle ages, orleans, parisian monk, rue vieille, true crime mystery, ucla medievalist

UCLA English professor Eric Jager has never played Dungeons and Dragons. He is not a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism. He doesn’t even understand the appeal of historically themed restaurants like Medieval Times.

“If you really want to reenact the Middle Ages, then you should drink contaminated water, contract the plague and die very quickly,” Jager quips. “It wasn’t a very pleasant time.” (more…)

The Shakespeare Code: English Professor Confirms the Bard’s Hand in ‘The Spanish Tragedy’

By Guest PostAugust 15, 2013Culture, Educationbards hand, douglas bruster, english professor, hamlet, literary mystery, samuel taylor coleridge, shakespeare canon, shakespeare code, sir thomas more, textual analysis, the spanish tragedy, thomas kyd, thomas kyd play, william shakespeare, writing by shakespeare

AUSTIN, Texas — For centuries, scholars have been searching for answers to a literary mystery: Who wrote the five additional passages in Thomas Kyd’s “The Spanish Tragedy”?

Mounting arguments point to William Shakespeare, but English professor Douglas Bruster has recently found evidence confirming that the 325 additional lines are indeed the work of the Bard.

According to Bruster’s textual analysis, published in the July online issue of Notes and Queries, the proof lies in Shakespeare’s trademark misspellings and the bad handwriting behind them. (more…)

The Times they are acclaimin’

By Guest PostJanuary 15, 2012Culture, Media100 notable books of 2011, amanda plummer, charles baxter, deane morrison, don quixote, egyptian geography, egyptian irrigation methods, english professor, fiction writer, fictional characters, gryphon, methods of irrigation, michigan public schools, minneapolis native, miss ferenczi, morgan freeman, new york times, pantheon books, the feast of love

*Fiction writer Charles Baxter talks about writing and life*

Miss Ferenczi, a substitute teacher, begins a stint by ditching a boring lesson on traditional Egyptian irrigation methods and winging it.

Her amazed class of fourth graders is left to sift through the torrent of information she spews and figure out what might be true.

So it goes in “Gryphon,” the title story in English professor Charles Baxter’s latest book, a collection of stories the New York Times named to its “100 Notable Books of 2011” list in November. “Gryphon: New and Selected Stories” is published by Pantheon Books. (more…)

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‘CSI: Middle Ages’: True-crime mystery by UCLA medievalist illuminates 15th-century Paris

The Shakespeare Code: English Professor Confirms the Bard’s Hand in ‘The Spanish Tragedy’

The Times they are acclaimin’