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- West Newton printer puts his own collection in book - PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
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| Shakespeare biographies: the good, the Bard and the ... - The Guardian Posted: 05 Apr 2010 05:32 AM PDT  Bard romance: Shakespeare in Love … big on the literal-minded tendency. Photograph: Ronald Grant Archive James Shapiro's Contested Will concentrates on the lunatic fringe of Shakespeare authorship theories – a fascinating topic, to be sure, if you admire snobbery, philistinism and ignorance. But as it happens, Shakespeare biography is now (at least) 300 years old, and there have been plenty of bemusing, eccentric or downright surreal contributions to the field, even among those biographers who don't think Shakespeare was the Earl of Oxford. Crackpot theorising, outright fantasising and expressions of superimposed vanity (Shakespeare, c'est moi!) are all part of the fun. Take the following examples, for example: attempts at writing the ultimate writer's life, good, bad, indifferent, ugly, or just plain delusional. Further suggestions/angry objections welcome. John Aubrey According to Aubrey's Brief Lives, that fine blend of antiquarian notes and 17th-century table talk, Shakespeare's father was a butcher. When he was a boy, "he exercised his father's trade, but when he killed a calf he would do it in a high style, and make a speech". Shakespeare was a schoolteacher for a while and taught Latin (no doubts there about Shakespeare's linguistic abilities). "His comedies will remain wit as long as the English tongue is understood." Nicholas Rowe The business of Shakespeare biography gets going with Rowe, the poet laureate and playwright who (correct me if I'm wrong) gave the English language the word "Lothario". Rowe prefaced his 1709 edition of Shakespeare's Works with a short biography that was reissued last year to mark its 300th anniversary. Marvellously wide of the mark on most matters of fact, it's full of praise for the plays. Rowe sees Shylock in The Merchant of Venice as a serious rather than a buffoonish part, which is how it was acted at the time, and defends Shakespeare against general critical prejudices. The young Shakespeare was a deer-poacher. Getting caught led directly to his move – his escape – into the theatre business. The great 19th-century scholar was also a great forger. Some of his inventions were simply single words added to existing documents; on other occasions, he simply made up evidence and presented it, humbly declining to take credit for the discovery, as material for scholarly consideration. Did a ballad that happened to mention King Priam, "False Cressid" and "loving Troylus" refer to Shakespeare's play Troilus and Cressida? With mock cautiousness, Collier conceded that it could allude to "a different play on the same subject". Another ballad had Marlowe breaking his leg while acting on the stage of the Curtain theatre. Collier later came to repent it all bitterly. Frank Harris AL Rowse Perhaps Rowse, the Oxford historian who wrote several books relating to Shakespeare, is not so remarkable for what he thought as for the attitude that carried him along, brushing aside all objections to his "decoding" of Shakespeare's Sonnets. He told a newspaper in 1963: "I am prepared to stake my reputation as an Elizabethan scholar on the claim that all the problems of the Sonnets save one – the identity of Shakespeare's mistress, the Dark Lady – are susceptible of solution, and that I have solved them". Ten years later, he'd solved the one remaining problem, too: the Dark Lady was the poet Emilia Lanier. "This is she! This is the Lady!" Never mind that it's not even clear that Lanier was a dark lady, let alone the Dark Lady – or indeed, whether or not there was a real Dark Lady at all. My goodness, what if Shakespeare actually made the whole thing up? Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| News Team Biographies - WAAY-TV Posted: 04 Apr 2010 05:21 PM PDT Sorry, readability was unable to parse this page for content. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| West Newton printer puts his own collection in book - PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW Posted: 05 Apr 2010 07:26 AM PDT When Carl F. Lander Jr. decided to write a history book, he didn't have to look far for his research and illustrations. A book collector since the fifth grade, he owns nearly 5,000 volumes, some more than 100 years old. Filled bookshelves create a maze in his former print shop in West Newton, along with decorative plates, framed photos, paintings, glassware and ceramics. "I like old things," Lander said during a recent tour of his Main Street building. "I always have." Lander, a Grapeville native, recently self-published "Builders of A Country, 1706-1806." Except for the front and back covers, the illustrations came from his book and art collections. Lander began his career as a teacher after earning a degree in industrial arts from California University of Pennsylvania. "When I got the degree, I fell in love with printing," he said. He taught printing to junior high school students in New Jersey before returning home in 1966. Soon after, he began Creative Graphics by Lander and purchased the West Newton building in the mid-1970s. Now 71 and retired, Lander decided in 2006 to open a printing museum in his building. He wanted to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin, the 275th anniversary of the Grand Lodge of F&AM of Pennsylvania, the 250th celebration of the French and Indian War and the conclusion of the 200th commemoration of the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery. The 374-page hardback book, which has more than 270 illustrations, grew from what was intended to be a program for the museum. When he ran out of funds for the museum project, Lander continued working on the program. "I kept finding things to add," he said. "It took on a life of its own. I did not anticipate that." Friend Douglas Hileman, 48, a Presbyterian minister in Lancaster County, helped with the illustrations. "He was very good at that," Lander said. "I did all the typesetting." He and Hileman share a propensity for perfection, Lander said. "You had two fussy people sitting at his place in front of a computer," he said. The two often logged 18-hour days. "It was addicting to both of us," Hileman said. "I like the reproduction aspect of it. I like digital photography and imagery that can be done on the computer." He erased some backgrounds and lightened others. "That helped make images stand out," Hileman said. "It's a readable book. Your eyes don't get tired reading it because there is (white) space." The book includes copies of the signatures on the Declaration of Independence and biographies of the signers; a copy of an etching of the first print shop in Pennsylvania; and a copy of one of the earliest photos of a young Ben Franklin, without glasses. There is an image of the ambush of Gen. Edward Braddock's army from the viewpoint of Indians lying in wait, and an 1888 print of the Fort Pitt Blockhouse. Lander estimates he has sold nearly 200 books at a cost of $53 each. He plans to eventually sell his building, but first hopes to find a buyer for its contents. Among his prized possessions are a leatherbound Bible printed in German in 1769 that he paid $4 for in 1962 and copies of the glassware pattern used in the Nixon White House. "Each one of these drawers has something neat tucked away," Lander said. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| The Law Society of Upper Canada: Paralegals Elect Five ... - Market Wire Posted: 05 Apr 2010 05:24 AM PDT TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - April 5, 2010) - Ontario's licensed paralegals cast their votes in the first-ever paralegal election last month, electing five of the 39 candidates nominated to run for the Law Society's Paralegal Standing Committee. The committee plays an integral role in the governance and regulation of licensed paralegals throughout the province. The elected paralegals are as follows: Cathy Corsetti, Paul Dray, Michelle L. Haigh, Kenneth C. Mitchell, and Robert Burd. They will fill five of the 13 seats on the committee and serve a four-year term. The other committee members include five lawyer benchers and three lay benchers from the Law Society's governing body – Convocation. Two of the newly elected paralegal committee members will be chosen by the committee's paralegal members and lay benchers as paralegal benchers who will participate in Convocation. The first five paralegal members of the current committee were appointed by the Ontario government in November 2006 to develop the paralegal regulatory framework. "This election marks a significant milestone in paralegal regulation," says Law Society Treasurer W. A. Derry Millar. "The Paralegal Standing Committee plays a critical role in ensuring that the paralegal profession is regulated in the public interest. We congratulate the elected committee members and look forward to working with them." Full election results are available. Biographies and photos of the winning candidates are also available. Ontario became the first jurisdiction in North America to licence paralegals in 2007. Almost 3,000 paralegals in Ontario are now licensed by the Law Society. Licensed paralegals can help people with matters in small claims court, as well as traffic matters, tribunal hearings and minor criminal matters. The Law Society regulates lawyers and paralegals in Ontario in the public interest. The Law Society has a mandate to protect the public interest, to maintain and advance the cause of justice and the rule of law, to facilitate access to justice for the people of Ontario and act in a timely, open and efficient manner. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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