Best argument ever written explaining the Shakespeare phenomena.

Μια διαφορετική προσέγγιση του Shakespeare από τον Tolstoy όπου σίγουρα θα θορυβήσει τους αναγνώστες του πρώτου.

Η έκδοση περιλαμβάνει και το δοκίμιο "Ο Ληρ, ο Τολστόι και ο Τρελός" του George Orwell που αποτελεί έναν σχολιασμό του συγκεκριμένου κειμένου.

Basically, Tolstoy hates Shakespeare and, per Occam's razor, believes that the character inconsistencies and lower class caricatures make for bad--rather than complex--writing. However, Tolstoy's argument that he won't provide examples (because too many readers worship Shakespeare and won't be able

It was eye opening reading this. I tend to love books that take you in a completely different angle to things that you thought were previously irrefutable. I didn’t know that anyone had challenged the legend of Shakespeare before reading this. The book is essentially Tolstoy’s diatribe against what

Generations of young people have had to study and read Shakespeare through the prism of their English teachers. I believe they are taught appreciation rather than encouraged to think for themselves. I certainly felt outcast as I never enjoyed Shakespeare-even when I got my A in English Literature. I

This book (I read the Kindle version) contains Tolstoy's famous essay on Shakespeare, the article by Ernest Crosby which inspired it, and a letter by George Bernard Shaw commenting on Shakespeare and Tolstoy. (I also read a short reply to Tolstoy's article by George Orwell, which is not in this book

I. Leo Tolstoy

Tolstoy believes that good art should shape morality of the public. And by moral, I mean it is the Christian way. So his essay may be a little disappointing because of that, but it is still a good essay.

He does have a point. Whether or not he thought about it when he wrote the plays,