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Matt Everett
Prose Roundup
By Dan Fall, Renée E. D'Aoust, Mia Eaton, and Matt EverettFour hundred years have passed since Shakespeare plied his quill. In the interim, we have published him, lauded him, Bowdlerized him, edited him, and possibly forgotten who he was. One has the sense that the historical documentation is worn thin with the jittery handling of Ivy League professors. Every generation—every few years—Shakespeare is remade from the same stuff.
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