John Dover Wilson, for example, sees it as nothing more than a parody, Shakespeare mocking the work of his contemporaries by writing something so bad.

Unlike most of the gloomy and intensely serious work of their contemporaries, Shaw and Wilde wrote primarily in the comic form.

Horace's influence can be observed in the work of his near contemporaries, Ovid and Propertius.

Both he and other scholars noted that, unlike the work of his contemporaries, no Rubens has been known to crack.

Given free rein, he set about creating costumes that rivaled the work of his contemporaries, such as Travis Banton and Adrian.

Soon Orfelin began publishing poems, translating books, and creating etchings and engravings, inspired by the work of his contemporaries.

The former may be the work of one of his contemporaries.

Beginning in the 1660s, O'Neill notes, Cavendish began to more seriously study the work of her contemporaries.

The popularity of Sarasate's Spanish flavor in his compositions is reflected in the work of his contemporaries.

The vast part of the work of Haskell and his contemporaries remains unpublished, however.