Shakespeare, the Man An Attempt to Find Traces of the Dramatist's Personal Character in His Dramas

Excerpt from Shakespeare: The Man: An Attempt to Find Traces of the Dramatist's Personal Character in His Dramas<br><br>An attempt to find traces of the personal character of Shakespeare under the dramatist is, it need hardly be said, a different thing from an interpretation of Shakespeare's art. In making it the writer does not trespass on the ground occupied by Coleridge, Gervinus, Dowden, and Hiram Corson.<br><br>An apology may seem necessary for quoting in full some well-known pas sages of Shakespeare; but the writer does not feel sure that "in these most brisk and giddy-pacéd times," when a tidal-wave of popular and sensational fiction is flowing, familiarity with Shakespeare is so common as it was in former days.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.