A shout-out to Ghost of Shakespeare for the shout-out
In a recent April 30th blog post named "Alas, poor ghost," John Langdon works his magic and weaves insights involving a variety of sources at his blog, Ghost of Shakespeare. General link to his blog : https://ghostofshakespeare.com/ Link to the specific post : https://ghostofshakespeare.com/2022/04/30/alas-poor-ghost/ But I was surprised and delighted to find that he includes mention of my blog posts on the Jonah echo in Hamlet's sea-voyage. [Michelangelo's Jonah on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, via Wikipedia . Public domain. Fair use.] A few paragraphs from the end of his post, John writes, "Go on, I'll follow thee", Hamlet says to the ghost. Ahab shouts, ". . .let me then tow to pieces, while still chasing thee, though tied to thee, thou damned whale!"** Later, at the end of his blog post, John includes the ** note: **For more about whales and Hamlet, including parallels with the biblical Jonah, please see the essays...