Wiki Log
Append-only chronological record of all operations.
[2026-04-08] create | Shakespeare Film Adaptations (Concept Page)
Created comprehensive concept page documenting canonical Shakespeare film adaptations organized by director with IMDB links.
Pages created:
- concepts/shakespeare-film-adaptations.md
Pages updated:
- index.md (added new concept reference)
Content covers:
- Laurence Olivier trilogy: Henry V (1944), Hamlet (1948), Richard III (1955) with IMDB links and ratings
- Franco Zeffirelli films: The Taming of the Shrew (1967), Romeo and Juliet (1968), Hamlet (1990) with cast and awards info
- Kenneth Branagh films: Henry V (1989), Much Ado About Nothing (1993), Othello (1995), Hamlet (1996, unabridged), As You Like It (2006)
- Akira Kurosawa's Ran (1985) — King Lear adaptation
- Comparative analysis of directorial approaches
- Cross-references to linguistic pages
[2026-04-08] ingest | Shakespeare Authorship Question (Wikipedia)
Ingested https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare_authorship_question — Comprehensive overview of the historical and scholarly debate about Shakespeare's authorship.
Pages created:
- sources/shakespeare-authorship-question-wikipedia.md
- concepts/shakespeare-authorship-question.md
Pages updated:
- index.md (added source and concept references)
Content covers:
- Core arguments against Shakespeare's authorship: modest origins, lack of personal documentation, name hyphenation
- Arguments supporting Shakespeare's authorship: documentary evidence, contemporary recognition, stylometric analysis
- Major alternative candidates: Bacon (1856), Oxford (1920), Marlowe (1890s), Derby
- Scholarly consensus and logical fallacies (argumentum ex silentio)
- Why the question persists and its relevance to literary interpretation
[2026-04-08] ingest | Understanding Shakespeare's Idioms (Educational Handout)
Ingested raw/Understanding_Shakespeares_Idioms_Final.pdf — Educational handout on idiomatic expressions used by Shakespeare.
Pages created:
- sources/understanding-shakespeares-idioms.md
- concepts/shakespeares-idioms.md
Pages updated:
- index.md (added new source and concept pages)
Content covers:
- Definition of idioms and idiomatic expressions
- 5 key Shakespearean idioms with definitions: "I haven't slept a wink", "Love's blind", "He's eaten me out of house and home", "to lie low", "to lead a charmed life"
- Educational approach with matching and fill-in-the-blank exercises
- Connection to linguistic innovation
- Modern usage and teaching significance
[2026-04-07] create | Shakespeare's Invented Words (Concept Page)
Created a comprehensive concept page on Shakespeare's linguistic innovation and neologisms.
Pages created:
- concepts/shakespeares-invented-words.md
Pages updated:
- index.md (added new concept to index)
Content covers:
- ~1,700 words attributed to Shakespeare's invention or first written use
- 28 notable examples across adjectives, verbs, and nouns
- Word formation patterns (prefixes, suffixes, compounding, semantic shift)
- Distribution across plays
- Impact on modern English
- Methodology for determining "invention"
- Cross-references to relevant plays
[2026-04-07] ingest & enrich | Hamlet's Soliloquies (OLLI Handout by Lynne Kelsey)
Ingested raw/hamlet_olli_handout.pdf — Educational handout with full Folger Edition texts of all seven major Hamlet soliloquies plus bonus.
Pages created:
- sources/hamlet_olli_handout.md
Pages significantly enhanced:
- concepts/hamlets-soliloquies.md — expanded from 4 soliloquies to 7 soliloquies + bonus, with full Folger texts, contextual scene descriptions, and enhanced thematic analysis
[2026-04-07] ingest | The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Project Gutenberg #100)
Ingested raw/pg100.txt — 196,398 lines containing the full Shakespeare canon.
Pages created:
- sources/pg100.md
- overview.md
- concepts/comedies.md
- concepts/tragedies.md
- concepts/histories.md
- concepts/romances.md
- entities/sonnets.md
- entities/twogentlemenofverona.md
- entities/tamingoftheshrew.md
- entities/henryvisixpart2.md
- entities/henryvisixpart3.md
- entities/henryvisixpart1.md
- entities/richardiii.md
- entities/comedyoferrors.md
- entities/titusandronicus.md
- entities/loveslabourslost.md
- entities/romeoandJuliet.md
- entities/richardii.md
- entities/midsummernightsdream.md
- entities/kingjohn.md
- entities/merchantofvenice.md
- entities/henryivpart1.md
- entities/henryivpart2.md
- entities/muchado.md
- entities/henryv.md
- entities/merrywivesofwindsor.md
- entities/juliuscaesar.md
- entities/asyoulikeit.md
- entities/hamlet.md
- entities/twelfthnight.md
- entities/troilusandcressida.md
- entities/allswellthatendswrll.md
- entities/measureformeasure.md
- entities/othello.md
- entities/kinglear.md
- entities/macbeth.md
- entities/antonyandcleopatra.md
- entities/coriolanus.md
- entities/timonofathens.md
- entities/pericles.md
- entities/cymbeline.md
- entities/winterstale.md
- entities/thetempest.md
- entities/henryviii.md
- entities/twonobIekinsmen.md