Articles on the Shakespeare authorship question authored by Erminia Passannanti
Reasons for legitimate doubting the authorship of the Shakespearean oeuvre (Seated Portrait of Edward De Vere, and A.I. reproduction) The claim advanced by critics of the so-called “Oxfordian” faction, according to which William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon would not plausibly be the author of the historical works attributed to “Shake-Speare,” is grounded in a set of arguments of a predominantly “evidentiary” nature. Such arguments concern the archival biography, the institutional position with respect to court culture, and the informational density of the works themselves, considered as the expression of an author more engaged in the institutional dynamics of power than of a “natural genius,” a category often invoked uncritically by tradition. From this perspective, the reference to a presumed “natural genius” risks assuming a more mythological than analytical value, distancing itself from a discussion grounded in culture, role, and historical placement. A first line of argume...