Michael L. Hays
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Michael L. Hays deposited Diana Price’s Shakespeare’s Unorthodox Biography: The Epitome of Anti-Stratfordian Scholarship in the group
Shakespeare on Humanities Commons 7 years, 5 months agoAfter a critical overview of Price’s anti-Stratfordian argument, this paper scrutinizes her argument on Greene’s “A Groatsworth of Wit” and three arguments on the First Folio’s items “To the Reader,” Jonson’s tribute, and “To the great Variety of Readers.” All arguments reveal typical deficiencies in scholarly analysis of the evidence and typical…[Read more]
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Michael L. Hays deposited Race: Political Correctness vs. Scholarship in the Humanities on Humanities Commons 7 years, 7 months ago
Describes and analyzes two episodes of article rejections based on political correctness and several published instances of politically correct inverse racism. Shows that political correctness in judging scholarship on race uses a double standard which enables reverse racism and an unsavory rhetoric. Discusses political correctness as the…[Read more]
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Michael L. Hays deposited Some Maladies of Early Modern Race Study in Shakespeare on Humanities Commons 7 years, 7 months ago
Reviews the Shakespeare Quarterly special issue (spring 2016), a collection of articles on different aspects of modern race study in Shakespeare. Addresses the problems confronting race study, the rhetoric of race “conversation,” and difficulties in race scholarship. Focuses on Ian Smith’s “Who Speaks for Othello” as representative of race study…[Read more]
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Michael L. Hays deposited The English Profession-Tendentious Reflections of a Retired Independent Scholar. on Humanities Commons 7 years, 7 months ago
Provides a personal perspective on, and analysis of, developments in the English profession. Emphasizes the proliferation of PhDs, the industrialization of scholarship and its effects on research and promotion, and the diminished influence and status of English studies. Makes suggestions for addressing present difficulties and reviving the study…[Read more]
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Michael L. Hays deposited The Dehumanizing of the Humanities and a Remedy on Humanities Commons 7 years, 7 months ago
Explores issues of professionalization and politicalization of humanistic studies. Sketches an up-dated return to the basics of humanistic research and teaching.
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Michael L. Hays deposited Answer the Question, Question Authority, and Read Inclusively on Humanities Commons 7 years, 7 months ago
Critiques current status of relationship between scholarly research and academic teaching. Uses three examples–one each from Macbeth, Othello, and King Lear–to illustrate connections between both efforts.
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Michael L. Hays deposited The Shakespeare Authorship Question: E Pluribus Unum on Humanities Commons 7 years, 7 months ago
Describes the dynamics of the attribution argument between Stratfordians and anti-Stratfordians, with particular attention to the asymmetries of the debate. Revisits the evidence of Greene’s “A Groatsworth of Wit.” Sketches and critiques two anti-Stratfordian arguments on that evidence.
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Michael L. Hays deposited Diana Price’s Shakespeare’s Unorthodox Biography: The Epitome of Anti-Stratfordian Scholarship on Humanities Commons 7 years, 7 months ago
After a critical overview of Price’s anti-Stratfordian argument, this paper scrutinizes her argument on Greene’s “A Groatsworth of Wit” and three arguments on the First Folio’s items “To the Reader,” Jonson’s tribute, and “To the great Variety of Readers.” All arguments reveal typical deficiencies in scholarly analysis of the evidence and typical…[Read more]
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Michael L. Hays deposited Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 73” as a Poetic Emblem in the group
Shakespeare on Humanities Commons 7 years, 7 months agoThis close reading addresses the couplet, puzzling because of its generality, which critics try to constrict by forced specificity. The quatrain-to-quatrain sequence of the image clusters suggests the theme of transitoriness and parallels The Order of The Burial of the Dead in The Book of Common Prayer, which burial ritual justifies the…[Read more]
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Michael L. Hays deposited Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 73” as a Poetic Emblem in the group
Renaissance / Early Modern Studies on Humanities Commons 7 years, 7 months agoThis close reading addresses the couplet, puzzling because of its generality, which critics try to constrict by forced specificity. The quatrain-to-quatrain sequence of the image clusters suggests the theme of transitoriness and parallels The Order of The Burial of the Dead in The Book of Common Prayer, which burial ritual justifies the…[Read more]
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Michael L. Hays deposited “‘Othello Is Not about Race’” in the group
Shakespeare on Humanities Commons 7 years, 7 months agoReceived opinion based on scanty evidence and skimpy arguments holds that race and racism operate in important ways in Othello and Othello’s jealousy. Few specifically race-referential words and only one specifically racist image occur in the play, almost all in the first four scenes.
Brabantio’s, Roderigo’s, and Iago’s views are mistake…[Read more]
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Michael L. Hays deposited “‘Othello Is Not about Race’” in the group
Renaissance / Early Modern Studies on Humanities Commons 7 years, 7 months agoReceived opinion based on scanty evidence and skimpy arguments holds that race and racism operate in important ways in Othello and Othello’s jealousy. Few specifically race-referential words and only one specifically racist image occur in the play, almost all in the first four scenes.
Brabantio’s, Roderigo’s, and Iago’s views are mistake…[Read more]
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Michael L. Hays deposited “‘Othello Is Not about Race’” in the group
Medieval English Literature on Humanities Commons 7 years, 7 months agoReceived opinion based on scanty evidence and skimpy arguments holds that race and racism operate in important ways in Othello and Othello’s jealousy. Few specifically race-referential words and only one specifically racist image occur in the play, almost all in the first four scenes.
Brabantio’s, Roderigo’s, and Iago’s views are mistake…[Read more]
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Michael L. Hays deposited Romancing the Sources: Framing Tales in Hamlet and King Lear in the group
Shakespearean Dramatic Genres on Humanities Commons 7 years, 7 months agoRomance as a group of, and label for, some of Shakespeare’s last plays presupposes the influence of later romance kinds, and Shakespeare studies presuppose their influence and preclude the influence of an earlier romance kind, namely, chivalric romance. This sub-genre includes romances like Bevis of Hampton and Guy of Warwick, both popular in S…[Read more]
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Michael L. Hays deposited Romancing the Sources: Framing Tales in Hamlet and King Lear in the group
Shakespeare on Humanities Commons 7 years, 7 months agoRomance as a group of, and label for, some of Shakespeare’s last plays presupposes the influence of later romance kinds, and Shakespeare studies presuppose their influence and preclude the influence of an earlier romance kind, namely, chivalric romance. This sub-genre includes romances like Bevis of Hampton and Guy of Warwick, both popular in S…[Read more]
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Michael L. Hays deposited Romancing the Sources: Framing Tales in Hamlet and King Lear in the group
Renaissance / Early Modern Studies on Humanities Commons 7 years, 7 months agoRomance as a group of, and label for, some of Shakespeare’s last plays presupposes the influence of later romance kinds, and Shakespeare studies presuppose their influence and preclude the influence of an earlier romance kind, namely, chivalric romance. This sub-genre includes romances like Bevis of Hampton and Guy of Warwick, both popular in S…[Read more]
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Michael L. Hays deposited Emending Othello; Explaining Othello: A Critique of Contemporary Principles of and Practices in Editing Shakespeare and a Historical-Literary Interpretation of Othello’s Jealousy in the group
Textual Scholarship on Humanities Commons 7 years, 7 months agoModern editors of Othello unanimously and silently adopt the Folio (1623) text as their copy text but emend it in light of the quarto (1622) text at III, iii, 97. Neither of the two reasons for emendation, textual corruption or literary unintelligibility, applies. A critique of textual editing shows that, given knowledge of the many and various…[Read more]
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Michael L. Hays deposited Emending Othello; Explaining Othello: A Critique of Contemporary Principles of and Practices in Editing Shakespeare and a Historical-Literary Interpretation of Othello’s Jealousy in the group
Shakespeare on Humanities Commons 7 years, 7 months agoModern editors of Othello unanimously and silently adopt the Folio (1623) text as their copy text but emend it in light of the quarto (1622) text at III, iii, 97. Neither of the two reasons for emendation, textual corruption or literary unintelligibility, applies. A critique of textual editing shows that, given knowledge of the many and various…[Read more]
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Michael L. Hays deposited Emending Othello; Explaining Othello: A Critique of Contemporary Principles of and Practices in Editing Shakespeare and a Historical-Literary Interpretation of Othello’s Jealousy in the group
Renaissance / Early Modern Studies on Humanities Commons 7 years, 7 months agoModern editors of Othello unanimously and silently adopt the Folio (1623) text as their copy text but emend it in light of the quarto (1622) text at III, iii, 97. Neither of the two reasons for emendation, textual corruption or literary unintelligibility, applies. A critique of textual editing shows that, given knowledge of the many and various…[Read more]
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Michael L. Hays deposited The Origins of Colbrond in Richardson’s “Pamela” on Humanities Commons 7 years, 7 months ago
This paper traces the name “Colbrond” to the chivalric romance “Guy of Warwick” and compares his description with grotesque descriptions like those in “The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnell” and to other features common in chivalric romances. It concludes by interpreting the use of his figure in making Lord B’s realization of virtue…[Read more]
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