The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakespeare Unfolded
Mentioned once across 1 show · first heard May 2026 on Stuff You Should Know.
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…discussing delia bacon's influential book on shakespearean authorship analysis
“And her exhaustive examination of the texts of Shakespeare's plays resulted in a 620-page book. The philosophy of the plays of Shakespeare unfolded. And she's often credited with basically prefiguring, if not kicking off, the idea of literary criticism, of close readings of stuff to find other meanings.”
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