Bloom's assertion that Shakespeare defined the human person for
European culture is true to a certain extent but at the same time it
might be an example of the Anglo-centrism that was alluded to before.
Shakespeare's European contemporaries Miguel de Cervantes and Lope de
Vega also dwelt on similar themes and had a comparative impact on
Spanish writers and the Spanish-speaking world, also an offshoot of
European culture.
--- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Jack Bludis <buildsnburns@...> wrote:
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> Mr. T says:
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> >>Consider this: Shakespeare was literally an accident (as we all are).
> The world would have the same colors without him. You would revere
> some other writer. Life is not defined by writers... it's not defined
> by anybody, it just is.<<
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> I'm not sure the world would be the same without Shakespeare. One of
the few things I agree with Bloom about is that Shakespeare
invented/defined the human person -- at least of the European variety
-- he scooped Freud on that. I wonder if Freud commandeered
Shakespeare or merely redefined the human faults and foibles, none of
which Shakespeare seems to have missed.
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> Shakespeare's characters are for the most part extreme ... but isn't
extreme what most go for on rara?
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> Oh, yeah. And Shakespeare didn't write Shakespeare ... some or many
much more educated persons did.
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> Jack Bludis
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> Read, read, read. Write, write,write.
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