Baconian theory of Shakespeare authorship
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Baconian theory of Shakespeare authorship has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Stuff You Should Know. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
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Josh ClarkCo-host of Stuff You Should Know
Clark says Delia Bacon's close readings are credited with prefiguring modern literary criticism.
“she's often credited with basically prefiguring, if not kicking off, the idea of literary criticism”
Stuff You Should Know: Selects: Did Shakespeare really write all that stuff? (May 30, 2026) · Listen from 39:35
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- Stuff You Should Know · 1 episode
Episodes
Selects: Did Shakespeare really write all that stuff?Stuff You Should Know · May 30, 2026 · 56 min
Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant survey the Shakespeare authorship question, weighing the documentary evidence and alternative candidates such as Bacon, de Vere, Marlowe and Bassano.