Plagiarism Software Unveils a New Source for 11 of Shakespeare’s Plays (Published 2018)

In reviewing the book before it was published, David Bevington, professor emeritus in the humanities at the University of Chicago and editor of “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (7th Edition),” called it “a revelation” for the sheer number of correlations with the plays, eclipsed only by the chronicles of Holinshed and Hall and Plutarch’s “Lives.” Martin Meisel, professor of dramatic lite

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2018年2月の記事、パクリ検出ソフトを使ってシェイスクピアの元ネタを発見

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1500年代後半に大英帝国スウェーデン大使George Northなる人が書いた「叛乱と謀反についての小話」という未刊行草稿が元ネタとのこと。コピペ発見ソフト云々もすごいが、この草稿を発掘したことがまずお手柄なんだろう。