Shakspeare and His Times (Classic Reprint)Fb&c Limited, 08/01/2019 - 406 páginas Excerpt from Shakspeare and His Times The Essay on the Life and Works of Shakspeare, whicl' I reprint in the present volume, appeared for the first time as an Introduction to the French edition of Shakspeare's complete works, which was published at Paris in 1821. This edition was based upon the translation of Shakspeare's plays which was commenced in 1776 by Le Tourneur, and which, at that period, gave rise to such animated disputes in the literary world, and especially in the Correspondence of Voltaire and of La Harpe. In 1821 I undertook to edit this translation of Shakspeare's principal works, and I re vised six tragedies, ten historical dramas, and three com edies. M. De Barante kindly assisted me by translating Hamlet and M. Amedee Pichot, who is so thoroughly acquainted with England and English literature, under took to revise all the remaining plays. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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. |