What Is Shakespare? An Introduction to the Great Plays (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from What Is Shakespare? An Introduction to the Great PlaysWhat is Shakespeare? Why does the world account him great, and put him so generally at the head of all literary masters? Most people, at least such as have to do with books, at some time or other ask themselves these questions, and often fail of per sonal, satisfying conclusions. Men and ashakespm women of liberal education for the most Fwd part understand Shakespeare's secret, having divined it in consequence of many years of training. Some common folk become his confident disciples without such aid. But the great majority of readers seem not to know what Shakespeare is like, or how a maker of plays should be held superior to authors who produce literature in a more popular and availa ble form.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.