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How did he do it, /lit/?
How is it possible for one man?

>> No.8462566
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>>8462554
>one man

>> No.8462575

weed

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>>8462566
Sorry,
*one black woman

>> No.8462595

>>8462554
By theft. Back then it wasn't considered as bad to take existing works and rewrite or rework them for your own audience. Playhouses of 16th century London would be shitting out plays every two weeks sometimes, and nobody was going to expect someone to write a different play every other week. Shakespeare was simply the best guy around at the time for getting shit in order for a rapid succession of plays. Whilst his original creations and ideas are admirable, much of his work - like many authors of the time - is not original.

>> No.8462598

>>8462554
He stole his ideas from illiterate people, like all the greats did.

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>>8462554
>mfw anglos still won't accept how hard they got outdone

>> No.8462682

>>8462576
kek

>> No.8462696

What other authors have an authorial controversy like him? Why are they always picking on Shakespeare?

>> No.8462711

>>8462696
Kangz are jealous and have to make shit up to try and prove dey wuz, as mentioned, kangz n shiet

>> No.8462712

>>8462696

He's a linchpin of the West, specifically of Anglo-Saxon culture.

There will always be those who hate the West.

The "authorship problem" of Shakespeare is overstated. It's a small minority of scholars who doubt the typical attribution.

>> No.8462745

>>8462696
Samuel Butler thought Homer was a woman because Nausicaa was such a qt.

>> No.8462774

>>8462678
What plays did he write?

>> No.8462779

>>8462696
Jealousy.

No one bests our Bill.

>> No.8462905

>>8462696
>What other authors have an authorial controversy like him?
What other authors does anyone give any shit about like him?

>> No.8462947

>>8462745
but homer is a boy's name

>> No.8462954

>>8462905
ever hear of this author called The Greeks ? he's pretty important.

>> No.8462961

>>8462696
Originally borne from bourgeois elitism

Now it's probably because le dead white man meme

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>>8462947
Maybe it's Homerita

>> No.8462986

>>8462954
kek
he actually reads those newfags

As far as anciency goes, I only read the Sumers and the Old Testament.

As far as quality goes, I sure as shit wouldn't read """"the"""" ""gReEEkSS'""" one/two-dimensional characters over Mr William Shakespeare"

>> No.8463038

>>8462554
catholic

literally chosen by god

>> No.8463044

>>8462598
>He stole his ideas
>he reads Shakespeare for the plot

wew