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Oxford theory
noun
- the theory attributing the authorship of Shakespeare's plays to Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, 1550–1604.
Example Sentences
You will be overwhelmed by the evidence that the Oxford theory is a meretricious farce.
The Oxfordians used to applaud the discrediting of Foster’s claim because the 1612 “Funeral Elegy”—written eight years after Oxford’s death—would tend to prove Shakespeare was not the long-dead Earl of O. The film doesn’t mention the poem at all, but now I’ve learned that at least one Oxfordian is seeking to restore Foster’s discredited and abandoned claim in order to bolster the bogus Oxford theory.
I will uphold the Oxford theory; besides, I am writing in an Oxford Review, and am in duty bound to uphold the Oxford theory.
And yet I don’t know, said I, after a long fit of musing—I don’t know but what there is more to be said for the Oxford theory.
I will uphold the Oxford theory—besides, I am writing in an “Oxford Review”—and am in duty bound to uphold the Oxford theory.
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