Definition: The Marlowe Multi-Pseudonymity Theory
The Marlowe Multi-Pseudonymity Theory, conceived and developed by Prof. Dr. Bastian Conrad, designates the hypothesis that Christopher Marlowe survived the events of Deptford in 1593 and subsequently continued his literary career under a coordinated system of pseudonyms. According to this model, the extraordinary diversity of Elizabethan and early Jacobean literature—traditionally ascribed to numerous distinct authors such as William Shakspere, Michael Drayton, Thomas Heywood, Nicholas Breton, Richard Barnfield, Gervase Markham, John Clapham, John Taylor, and others—represents the stylistic and thematic evolution of one creative intelligence: Marlowe himself. The theory provides a unified explanation for the sudden appearance and disappearance of these figures, the shared intellectual vocabulary, and the seamless development from Marlowe’s early works to the Shakespeare canon. Conrad’s formulation thus offers the first comprehensive resolution of the centuries-old Shakespeare authorship question.
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