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A big part of his supposed genius was commonplace back then. He only seems esoteric and mysterious to us because of his obscure language. He was forgotten until Voltaire or some faggot revived him from oblivion and now every literary academist jerks off about how amazing he was while in truth he was alright for the times. There's nothing in Shakespeare that doesn't also happen in other artists from the period.

>> No.13297588

When will anti-Shakespeare larpers provide a comparative close reading of him with Marlowe and Ben Jonson to prove their point?

>> No.13297712

Have you ever read a Shakespeare play? Sounds like you got frustrated while trying :^(
try again brainlet

>> No.13297733

Shakespeare was never forgotten and from his own time to the present he has been regarded as one of the best (and the best more often than not) English dramatist.
Dedicatory poems by Ben Jonson and Milton in the 2nd folio show his preeminence in his own time.
Dryden (late 17th century) called him "the incomparable Shakespeare". Although at this time Shakespeare's plays were not the most performed in the theater, he was acknowledged for his artistic superiority, his untaught genius and his realistic human characters.
In the 18th century Shakespeare 's plays dominated the English stage. He was praised by Samuel Johnson, pope and Addison.
>every single character in Shakespeare is as much an individual as those in life itself.
>among the English, Shakespeare has incomparably excelled all others.
Also in the 18th century in Germany goethe praised Shakespeare. In Russia Catherine the Great.
And of course the romantics in the 19th century.

>> No.13297761

>>13297568
Go back to high school and listen to your teachers you stupid fucking faggot

>> No.13297774

>>13297568
OP is low IQ but I’m always ready to support Voltaire getting called a faggot. Non-saged

>> No.13297814

>>13297568
Ahem:

He wrote some really excellent plays. Also some less good plays.

Thank you.

>> No.13297913

ITT: anons falling for pasta

>> No.13297945

>>13297913
That's all this website is

>> No.13298880

>>13297568
Nice pasta

>> No.13298975

That’s all false he was praised as the best of all time by Jonson (chief playwright of the day) and Milton

>> No.13298992

She was the best African American author of all time :3 (look up the Shakespeare authorship question)

>> No.13299023

>>13298992
even more overrated then :3

>> No.13300735

>>13298992
kek

>> No.13300768

>>13297568
>There's nothing in Shakespeare that doesn't also happen in other artists from the period.
an idea immediately dispelled by reading other artists from the period

>> No.13300773

>>13297733
>he has been regarded as one of the best (and the best more often than not) English dramatist.
This kind of totally bland, safely lukewarm take is my biggest pet peeve. He’s arguably the greatest writer period but you really went out on a limb to call him ONE OF THE BEST ENGLISH DRAMATISTS?! Whoa, very brave.

>> No.13300798

>>13300773
to be fair it sounds more like he's talking about the critical consensus than his own opinion

>> No.13300961

>>13297568
Shakespeare was a boss even in his own time (t.marlow, johnson, the queen, etc.) now please go away pleb

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>>13297945

>> No.13301060

>>13300773
>waah if you don't have radical opinions ur gay!!!
I'd say I remember being 15 but even when I was your age I wasn't such a moron

>> No.13301066

>>13301060
uhh i call bullshit on this one chief, the sentiment he expressed is not adolescent