The Genius of Shakespeare’s “Plagiarisms”. Case Studies: Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth

This paper aims at exploring the cultural ambiguity which William Shakespeare remarkably extracts from the sources of his major plays, turning it, eventually, into an essential instrument of the tragic and the tragedy. What in normal/modern circumstances would easily count as “plagiarism”, becomes h...

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Main Author: Cuțitaru Codrin Liviu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2017-06-01
Series:Linguaculture
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Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/lincu.2017.2017.issue-1/lincu-2017-0006/lincu-2017-0006.xml?format=INT