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necromancy-savant · 4 days ago

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In undergrad I took a Shakespeare class with the head of the department and he mentioned in class that he had a first folio facsimile in his office and we could come see it any time if we wanted, so the first time I was there to discuss a paper it took everything in me not to blurt out "ravioli ravioli give me the folioli"

#I did ask to see it in a normal way and got to see it #I have a facsimile of a Poetaster quarto #they were going through books in the office one day a place full of free books #and I was having a fan moment over it and my classmate said you can have it. It should go to someone who will love it #so now that's in my possession and I do love it #that free shelf is the reason I have two separate copies of Ben Jonson and the Language of Prose Comedy #I read a book about the language in Bartholomew Faire and then randomly met the author at a group reading #of The White Devil at an SAA conference and I went up to her and was like I loved your book. It was possibly her dissertation

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