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Upon close reading it’s not Shakespeare’s work, it’s a song variation in the 1640s, long after he was dead and his material was being adapted. I might not be re
by 6stringmerc 2y ago
Upon close reading it’s not Shakespeare’s work, it’s a song variation in the 1640s, long after he was dead and his material was being adapted. I might not be reading the scholarly article correctly…but my impression is this is not an alternate version of an actual work by William Shakespeare.
- jfengel 2y agoThat's correct. It's not by Shakespeare; it doesn't tell us anything about Shakespeare himself. But it does tell us a lot about what Shakespeare meant to people in the decades after his death. Like the plays, the perception of Shakespeare himself has changed over the centuries.