One literary giant puts another on trial as Leo Tolstoy challenges the near-universal belief that Shakespeare represents the highest achievement of dramatic art. In this provocative essay, Tolstoy openly rejects the admiration surrounding Shakespeare and sets out to explain why. Using King Lear as his principal example, he attacks what he sees as unnatural characterization, artificial language, implausible dramatic construction, theatrical effects, and the tendency of critics to treat Shakespeare’s greatness as an unquestionable article of faith. Tolstoy’s argument extends beyond individual plays. He questions how literary reputations are created and maintained, arguing that Shakespeare’s enormous prestige became a kind of cultural “suggestion” reinforced by critics, education, and public opinion. The volume also includes Ernest Crosby’s Shakespeare’s Attitude Toward the Working Classes and extracts from a letter by George Bernard Shaw, expanding the debate around Shakespeare’s social, philosophical, and artistic reputation.
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