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Excerpt from Shakespeare, His Life, Art, and Character, Vol. 2: With an Historical Sketch of the Origin and Growth of the Drama in England
But the most noteworthy point in this branch of the theme is, that out of the materials of an entire age and nation he so selects and uses a few as to give a just concep tion of the whole; all the lines and features of its life and action, its piety, chivalry, wisdom, policy, wit, and profiigacy, being gathered up and wrought out in fair proportion and clear expression. Where he deviates most from all the authorities known to have been consulted by him, there is a large, wise propriety in his deviations, such as might well prompt the conjecture of his having written from some tra ditionary matter which the historians had failed to chronicle. And indeed some of those deviations have been remarkably verified by the researches of later times; as if the Poet had exercised a sort of prophetic power in his dramatic retro spections. So that our latest study and ripest judgment in any historical matter handled by him will be apt to fall in with and confirm the impressions at first derived from him that which in the outset approved itself to the imagination as beautiful, in the end approving itself to the reason as true.
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But the most noteworthy point in this branch of the theme is, that out of the materials of an entire age and nation he so selects and uses a few as to give a just concep tion of the whole; all the lines and features of its life and action, its piety, chivalry, wisdom, policy, wit, and profiigacy, being gathered up and wrought out in fair proportion and clear expression. Where he deviates most from all the authorities known to have been consulted by him, there is a large, wise propriety in his deviations, such as might well prompt the conjecture of his having written from some tra ditionary matter which the historians had failed to chronicle. And indeed some of those deviations have been remarkably verified by the researches of later times; as if the Poet had exercised a sort of prophetic power in his dramatic retro spections. So that our latest study and ripest judgment in any historical matter handled by him will be apt to fall in with and confirm the impressions at first derived from him that which in the outset approved itself to the imagination as beautiful, in the end approving itself to the reason as true.
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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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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H. N. Hudson
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ISBN - 9780483512238
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm
Page Count - 508
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Contributors
Author
H. N. Hudson
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ISBN - 9781330418291
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm
Page Count - 510
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