Was Shakespeare such a heavy plagiarist?
How to explain the astonishing identity between so many of Thomas North's translated english lines of Plutarchs "The lives....(1579)" and lines in Shakespeare's plays (e.g. Coriolanus |  |  |
There can be no question that reasonable doubts about William Shakspere (Stratford) as the author of "Hamlet", "Othello" or "Macbeth" are legitimate and justified.
Authorship doubts, however were never approved by academic institutions (similar to a "religious" Dogma), investigations at a university level were systematically inhibited. This situation has led to an
absolute lack ("Ground zero") of an academic
"Shakespeare authorship" expertise
[Not to be confused with a Shakespeare expertise.]
As a consequence this in turn had to lead to the development of most bizarre theories and aberrations that are nowadays issued as reliable knowledge.
(e.g. Shakespeare as group author or a team player,
Shakespeare's Apocrypha, most bizarre Shakespeare alternate candidates etc.
Shakespeare's Apocrypha, most bizarre Shakespeare alternate candidates etc.
Recently this situation has taken a new turn by Dennis McCarthy's book "North of Shakespeare" (2011), in which he pointed to a previously well known astonishing identity between so many of Thomas North's translated english lines of Plutarchs
"The lives....(1579)" and lines in Shakespeare's plays (e.g. Coriolanus s.Part 2 - next Blog.
Who was Thomas North?
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