Alan N. Shapiro, Technologist and Futurist

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Radical skepticism and the logic of Shakespeare’s artistry, by Robert Schneider

February 12th, 2012 in Category: English Literature

Robert Schneider is the author of a book-length reinterpretation of Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice" called "Shylock, The Roman" (Pulpless.com, 2001). I find this book to be the basis for investigating the relationship between Shakespeare and Star Trek as twin canonical texts of "Western Civ."