Shakespeare Studied in Eight Plays (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Shakespeare Studied in Eight Plays The fourteenth Earl of Derby, in his learned translation of Homer´s Iliad, feared that the taste for classical literature was declining in Britain. In his preface to the fifth edition of his translation, however, while gratified at the success of his labours, he retracted this opinion with evident satisfaction. It is indeed remarkable how many learned influential Englishmen during the nineteenth century have proclaimed their admiration for Greek and Roman literature. While Lord Derby and Mr Gladstone dwelt chiefly on Greek writers, Macaulay often alludes to both Greek and Roman literature in his essays and English History. In his beautiful poem, The Lays of Ancient Rome, he enters thoroughly into the spirit of classic times. Some previous British writers had greatly contributed to inspire a taste for classic literature, but usually in a more cold, unsympathetic manner. Bacon, in his "Wisdom of the Ancients," Ben Jonson and Addison, in their tragedies of Sefanus and Cato, alike showed their interest in classic times and personages, as did the French dramatists, Corneille and Racine. But Shakespeare was perhaps the first, at least among British dramatists, to describe Greeks and Romans according to nature. He presents them as living realities before a reading public. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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