Tolstoy On Shakespeare - 9781523348633

Orwell analyzes Tolstoy's criticism of Shakespeare's work in general and his attack on King Lear in particular. According to Orwell's detailed summary, Tolstoy denounced Shakespeare as a bad dramatist, not a true artist at all, and declared that Shakespeare's fame was due to propaganda by German professors towards the end of the eighteenth century.

• | Author: Count Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Hollybook
• | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Jan 11, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 146 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1523348631
• | ISBN-13: 9781523348633