Of the same name

[undyingking]

You might have heard the joke that X's books were in fact not written by X, but by another man of the same name. I find it interesting because, while being entertainingly silly as a proposition, it also asks a fairly serious question about what we mean by authorship and how historical record works. But that's not what this post is about! – I'm curious to know, as your recollection serves you:

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Comments

[ninthcouncil.livejournal.com]

Oh come on. They were written by Christopher Marlowe, everyone knows that. He was the Tupac Shakur of the Reformation.

[ninthcouncil.livejournal.com]

He also went on to write the works of Goethe and Tolstoy, not to mention the Haynes manual for the 1974 Ford Cortina.

[thecesspit.livejournal.com]

It's a heart breaking work of staggering genius

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

Better than being the Kula Shaker of the Reformation.