[Wikipedia] James S. Shapiro is Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, specializing in Shakespeare and the Early Modern period. Shapiro served on the faculty at Columbia University since 1985, teaching Shakespeare and other topics, and he has published widely on Shakesp
![“[Henry James'] essay's closing lines can either be read neutrally or as a more purposeful wish that this mystery [of Shakespeare's authorship] will one day be resolved by the 'criticism of the future': 'The figured tapestry, the long arras that hides him, is always there ... May it not then be but…” quote by James Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/087/james-shapiro-62910_authorship_henry-james-essay-s-closing-lines-can-ei_2514746.jpg)
