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There's been a lot of discussion of this issue (see elsewhere on the board), but the question is based on some total fallicies.1. You can't write without a formal, college eduction. Wrong. As I pointed out, Lincoln wrote the Gettysberg Address, yet had little formal education.
2. You can't learn anything outside of school. Wrong. Most people's brains don't shut off after they graduate. There's plenty you can learn merely by reading and paying attention.
3. Shakespeare wasn't educated. He was. There was a first-class grammar school in Stratford-on-Avon while Shakespeare was growing up -- and please note that in his day a grammar school taught >latin< grammar. He would have received a first-class grounding in the classics and that, in addition to whatever he learned afterwards, would have been plenty in the way of education.
4. An author only writes what he personally experiences. Wrong. Ray Bradbury never visited Mars, yet he wrote about it.
There are more, but the gist is that the basis for your reasoning is filled with unspoken and inaccurate assumptions.
Posted by Reality Chuck on March 19, 1997 at 10:46:10
In Reply to "authorship controversy" posted by jacquie on March 19, 1997 at 07:18:00
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