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>one of the best professors I ever had once said, John Hospers, then chair
of
>the Philosophy Department of U.S.C. once said, "If we were to discover a
>letter indicating that Shakespeare thought HAMLET was the best comedy he
>ever wrote, would that affect our judgment of the work as perhaps the
>greatest tragedy of all time?"  The answer, I think, is no.  And as hard
>as it can be, we need to struggle to separate the work from the hype.
 
     . . . or, as d h lawrence said "Never trust the teller, trust the
tale"
 
mike frank
 
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