The Marlowe-Shakespeare continuum : Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Nashe, and the authorship of early Shakespeare and anonymous plays /

Donna N. Murphy demonstrates how Marlowe, sometimes in co-authorship with humorist Nashe, appears to have "become" Shakespeare on a linguistic basis. She documents a sharp, upward learning curve, with the initial penning of works she examines in the following chronological order: 'Cae...

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