William Shakespeare: Play Guide and Free Edition

William Shakespeare is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Hugo, Victor (1802–1885). The listed translation credits are Baillot, A. (Amédée).

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"William Shakespeare" by Victor Hugo is a work of literary criticism written in 1864 during his thirteenth year of exile. Originally intended as an introduction to his son's Shakespeare translations, it expanded into a sweeping examination of history's greatest literary geniuses—from Homer and Dante to Cervantes and Shakespeare himself. Hugo's passionate, idiosyncratic study became more self-revelation than literary analysis, prompting French critics to suggest he should have titled it "Myself." The work includes Hugo's influential argument for a "vast public literary domain."

Book and edition facts

• Title: William Shakespeare
• Author credits: Hugo, Victor (1802–1885)
• Catalogue language: English
• Translator credits: Baillot, A. (Amédée)

Catalogue subjects

• Dramatists, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Biography
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
• Stratford-upon-Avon (England) -- Biography

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• Category: Biographies
• Category: British Literature
• Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches
• Category: Plays/Films/Dramas

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