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Originally Posted by W.F. Lantry
Was he a conservative in his use of language? Yes, I do think of him that way. I don't think he requires any special pleading, he's just a playwright, like all the rest. And Dante's just a poet, not some kind of unquestionable god. Was he conservative in his language as well? Yes, I think he was...
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Bill:
You are correct. There is no need for us to deify Shakespeare, or Dante or Homer or others of their stature. Genius generates its own apotheosis. But to say that Shakespeare is "just a playwright, like all the rest" is astoundingly silly. But then there is something wonderfully advantageous about your assessment. It allows you and me and anyone else to say with firm conviction that we are poets, just like those other guys.
Regards,
Richard
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