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The author reflects on his profound disillusionment with Shakespeare's works, initially expecting aesthetic pleasure but instead experiencing repulsion and tedium. As he revisits the plays at seventy-five, his conviction deepens that the veneration surrounding Shakespeare distorts both aesthetic and ethical understanding. He argues that this misplaced admiration constitutes a significant cultural deception, challenging the notion of Shakespeare's genius and its impact on literary and moral perceptions.
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TOLSTOY ON SHAKESPEARE, Lew Nikolajewitsch Tolstoi
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- 2021
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- Title
- TOLSTOY ON SHAKESPEARE
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Lew Nikolajewitsch Tolstoi
- Publisher
- MJP Publisher
- Publisher
- 2021
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 136
- ISBN13
- 9788180942174
- Category
- About Literature, Maps and Travel
- Description
- The author reflects on his profound disillusionment with Shakespeare's works, initially expecting aesthetic pleasure but instead experiencing repulsion and tedium. As he revisits the plays at seventy-five, his conviction deepens that the veneration surrounding Shakespeare distorts both aesthetic and ethical understanding. He argues that this misplaced admiration constitutes a significant cultural deception, challenging the notion of Shakespeare's genius and its impact on literary and moral perceptions.