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William Shakespeare
by Hugo, Victor
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Creators: Victor Hugo (1802-1885) and A. Baillot [Translator] "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." (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading Level: Reading ease score: 71.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Rights: Public domain in the USA. Downloads: 1219