It was once a popular belief that Shakespeare was in fact a [[pen name]] of Cervantes, but this idea was discredited in the 19th century, due to, among other reasons, a letter that surfaced indicating that Cervantes had a rather poor grasp of the [[English]] language. | It was once a popular belief that Shakespeare was in fact a [[pen name]] of Cervantes, but this idea was discredited in the 19th century, due to, among other reasons, a letter that surfaced indicating that Cervantes had a rather poor grasp of the [[English]] language. |