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A comprehensive biographical and critical study of Shakespeare that situates his dramatic art within the development of modern criticism and social life. The author traces drama's origins in popular festivals and religious rites, argues that dramatic poetry aims to elevate and civilize popular audiences through communal emotion, and compares dramatic systems across traditions. He examines translation practices and textual fidelity, offers individual notices and notes on plays and sonnets, and discusses how changing critical tastes and the particular conditions of English civilization shape reception and interpretation.
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