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Matthew Arnold’s Victorian Shakespeare

05 Thursday Mar 2020

Posted by la Clarina in Poetry

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Matthew Arnold, sonnet, William Shakespeare

ShVictorianI’ve said before, I think, how utterly fascinated I am with the way each era, since the late 17th Century, has tried to mould a Shakespeare of its own. Rewriting his works to make them merrier, or more classical, or less earthy, but also refashioning again and again what (comparatively) little we know of him into one or other ideal portrait – from John Aubrey’s merry poacher to W.H. Ireland’s perfect gentleman… Continue reading →

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