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Der Busant

 * ... that the German poem Der Busant may have inspired Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream?
 * ALT1:... that tapestries showing the German poem Der Busant are evidence of a bourgeois market for such hangings?
 * Reviewed: Kovan double murder

Created by Crisco 1492 (talk), Drmies (talk), De728631 (talk), LadyofShalott (Talk), and Johnbod (talk). Nominated by Crisco 1492 (talk) at 00:08, 1 September 2013 (UTC).


 * Symbol voting keep.svg Length, date verified. Hook's offline ref accepted AGF. All refs appear to be RS. No apparent copyvio detected. QPQ done. Interesting hook (I prefer it over the ALT); its length is fine. GTG. --Rosiestep (talk) 20:36, 2 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you. And that reference is no longer offline. Actually there should always have been a "preview" option for that Google book. De728631 (talk) 23:06, 2 September 2013 (UTC)
 * I usually remove the extraneous stuff at the back to keep the URL simple. The book is still accessible using the "search inside this book" function. Anyways, thanks. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:08, 2 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Hook verified! GTG. --Rosiestep (talk) 02:38, 3 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Just one thing, User:Crisco 1492 and User:Rosiestep: what about tweaking the hook to include "riff"? I think that's a funny choice of words. Drmies (talk) 14:58, 4 September 2013 (UTC)


 * ALT2 ... that an episode in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream may have been a "riff" on the German 13th 14th-century poem Der Busant?
 * I don't mind that wording. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:50, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Der Busant has been dated to the early 14th century. It's not clear at all from Meyer & Mooyer whether the 13th-century copy of Freidank's work in their source includes the Bussant. De728631 (talk) 15:33, 6 September 2013 (UTC)
 * So to avoid the explicit dating I propose the following: De728631 (talk) 15:37, 6 September 2013 (UTC)
 * ALT3 ... that an episode in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream may have been a "riff" on the medieval German poem Der Busant?
 * Fine by me. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:40, 6 September 2013 (UTC)
 * ALT3 is also fine by me. --Rosiestep (talk) 04:40, 7 September 2013 (UTC)