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William Shakespeare is an 1864 work by Victor Hugo, written in his 13th year of exile. The title is misleading; the true subject of the work is the writers that Hugo considered "the greatest geniuses of all time." Background When Hugo began writing it he intended for it to be an introduction to a collection of French translations of Shakespeare's plays written by his son, François-Victor Hugo. However it grew to be approximately 300 pages in length and Hugo had to write a separate introduction to the plays. Content The work begins with an approximately twenty page biography, filled with inaccuracies, and then becomes a work of literary criticism focusing on the literary geniuses of history. Shakespeare, but also Homer, Job, Aeschylus, Isaiah, Ezekiel, Lucretius, Juvenal, St. John, St. Paul, Tacitus, Dante, Rabelais, and Cervantes. It was a critical failure. Deciding there was more of Hugo in the work than Shakespeare, some French critics suggested he should have entitled it, "Myself". Book V of Part II, The Mind and the Masses, and Book II of Part III, The Nineteenth Century, have often been combined and published as The Mind and the Masses. In it he argues for a "vast public literary domain."

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Notable quotes

“What cannot be eschewed must be embraced”
— "The Merry Wives of Windsor", Act 5
“Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar-school; and whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used; and, contrary to the king, his crown, and dignity, thou hast built a paper-mill.”
— Cade, Act IV, scene vii.
“The course of true love never did run smooth.”
— Lysander, Act I, scene i.
“Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.”
— Polonius, Act I, scene iii.
“All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.”
— Macbeth, Act V, scene i.
“Few of the university pen plaies well, they smell too much of that writer Ovid and that writer Metamorphosis and talk too much of Proserpina and Jupiter. Why, here's our fellow Shakespeare puts them all down. Aye, and Ben Jonson too. O that B. J. is a pestilent fellow, he brought up Horace giving the poets a pill, but our fellow, Shakespeare, hath given him a purge that made him beray his credit.”
— The Return from Parnassus; or, The Scourge of Simony, Act IV, scene 3.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Notable quotes

“What cannot be eschewed must be embraced”
— "The Merry Wives of Windsor", Act 5
“Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar-school; and whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used; and, contrary to the king, his crown, and dignity, thou hast built a paper-mill.”
— Cade, Act IV, scene vii.
“The course of true love never did run smooth.”
— Lysander, Act I, scene i.
“Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.”
— Polonius, Act I, scene iii.
“All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.”
— Macbeth, Act V, scene i.
“Few of the university pen plaies well, they smell too much of that writer Ovid and that writer Metamorphosis and talk too much of Proserpina and Jupiter. Why, here's our fellow Shakespeare puts them all down. Aye, and Ben Jonson too. O that B. J. is a pestilent fellow, he brought up Horace giving the poets a pill, but our fellow, Shakespeare, hath given him a purge that made him beray his credit.”
— The Return from Parnassus; or, The Scourge of Simony, Act IV, scene 3.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Not who you're looking for? Others named William Shakespeare: English playwright and poet (1564–1616) · bronze statue by John Quincy Adams Ward · Australian singer (1948–2010) · American inventor and politician (1869-1950)

Overview

William Shakespeare is an 1864 work by Victor Hugo, written in his 13th year of exile. The title is misleading; the true subject of the work is the writers that Hugo considered "the greatest geniuses of all time." Background When Hugo began writing it he intended for it to be an introduction to a collection of French translations of Shakespeare's plays written by his son, François-Victor Hugo. However it grew to be approximately 300 pages in length and Hugo had to write a separate introduction to the plays. Content The work begins with an approximately twenty page biography, filled with inaccuracies, and then becomes a work of literary criticism focusing on the literary geniuses of history. Shakespeare, but also Homer, Job, Aeschylus, Isaiah, Ezekiel, Lucretius, Juvenal, St. John, St. Paul, Tacitus, Dante, Rabelais, and Cervantes. It was a critical failure. Deciding there was more of Hugo in the work than Shakespeare, some French critics suggested he should have entitled it, "Myself". Book V of Part II, The Mind and the Masses, and Book II of Part III, The Nineteenth Century, have often been combined and published as The Mind and the Masses. In it he argues for a "vast public literary domain."

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

William Shakespeare is an 1864 work by Victor Hugo, written in his 13th year of exile. The title is misleading; the true subject of the work is the writers that Hugo considered "the greatest geniuses of all time."

William Shakespeare across IJR

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William ShakespearePoet, playwright, inventor of words you use daily.

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