Myth of the Month 10: Who Was Shakespeare? -- pt. 1: The Monument and the Man
Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong
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The Shakespeare Myth
There are political and historical reasons why shakespeare specifically has risen to this incredible mythic level. But it's rarely recognized just how scarce that evidence is, says the author. We really don't know who sh Shakespeare was interacting with, or how and how that bears on his plays or poems," he adds.
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