Robert b elliott biography of william shakespeare
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Oxfordian theory help Shakespeare authorship
Alternative Shakespeare initiation theory
The Oxfordian theory firm Shakespeare authorship contends give it some thought Edward subjective Vere, Ordinal Earl reproduce Oxford, wrote the plays and poems of William Shakespeare. Patch historians be first literary scholars overwhelmingly veto alternative institution candidates, including Oxford,[1][2] let slip interest tag on the Oxfordian theory continues.[3] After say publicly s, interpretation Oxfordian assumption became say publicly most accepted alternative Playwright authorship theory.
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Shakespeare authorship question
Fringe theories that Shakespeare's works were written by someone else
The Shakespeare authorship question is the argument that someone other than William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon wrote the works attributed to him. Anti-Stratfordians—a collective term for adherents of the various alternative-authorship theories—believe that Shakespeare of Stratford was a front to shield the identity of the real author or authors, who for some reason—usually social rank, state security, or gender—did not want or could not accept public credit.[1] Although the idea has attracted much public interest,[2][a] all but a few Shakespeare scholars and literary historians consider it a fringe theory, and for the most part acknowledge it only to rebut or disparage the claims.[3]
Shakespeare's authorship was first questioned in the middle of the 19th century,[4] when adulation of Shakespeare as the greatest writer of all time had become widespread.[5] Shakespeare's biography, particularly his humble origins and obscure life, seemed incompatible with his poetic eminence and his reputation for genius,[6][7] arousing suspicion that Shakespeare might not have written the works attr
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HOW WE USE COMPUTERS TO FIND OUT WHO WROTE WHAT
In , a mystery novel called The Cuckoo's Calling the debut novel of a man named Robert Galbraith was published to little commercial fanfare but high critical praise. As you might expect, people started tweeting about how good they thought the book was, and a rogue spoiler agent responded to one of these tweets by claiming that the author was in fact the one and only J.K. Rowling. After a series of secretive tweets, the informant deleted their account, but the cat was out of the bag. Robert Brooks, the arts editor of the Sunday Times, got wind of this exchange and did some sleuthing of his own, eventually sending copies of this book, the last Harry Potter book, and Rowling's first post-Harry Potter literary venture (The Casual Vacancy) to computational linguists. They confirmed his suspicions: Robert Galbraith was indeed J.K. Rowling.
Most people would gloss over that second-to-last line up there, the one about computational linguists. But not you! No, you are curious. You want to know more. What did those people do to figure out that Galbraith was Rowling? More generally, how do researchers use computers to figure out who wrote what?
Let's take a quick stroll through a few of the things that go into comput