Charles Lamb
Charles Lamb
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Shakespeare and INIarlowe cannot be compared or contrasted by setting the death of Edward II. Side by side Avith that of Richard II. Drama must be put side by side IV. ] DRAMATIC AUTHORSHIP AND CRITICISM . 73 with drama. Lamb does not indeed suggest, by anything that he says, that the rank of a dramatist can be decided by passages or extracts. Only it did not enter into his scheme to dwell upon that supreme art of construction, and that highest gift of characterization, which are needed to make... the perfect dramatist. In "profoundness of single thoughts, " in "richness of imagery, " in "abun- dance of illustration, " he could produce passage after passage from Shakespeare's contemporaries that evinced genius nearly allied to Shakespeare's ; but of that " funda- mental excellence " which " distinguishes the artist from the mere amateur, that power of execution which creates, forms, and constitutes, " it was not possible for hira to supply example. And this reservation the student must be prepared to make, who would approach the study of the Elizabethan Drama by the aid of Charles Lamb's* specimens.
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Shakespeare and INIarlowe cannot be compared or contrasted by setting the death of Edward II. Side by side Avith that of Richard II. Drama must be put side by side IV. ] DRAMATIC AUTHORSHIP AND CRITICISM . 73 with drama. Lamb does not indeed suggest, by anything that he says, that the rank of a dramatist can be decided by passages or extracts. Only it did not enter into his scheme to dwell upon that supreme art of construction, and that highest gift of characterization, which are needed to make... the perfect dramatist. In "profoundness of single thoughts, " in "richness of imagery, " in "abun- dance of illustration, " he could produce passage after passage from Shakespeare's contemporaries that evinced genius nearly allied to Shakespeare's ; but of that " funda- mental excellence " which " distinguishes the artist from the mere amateur, that power of execution which creates, forms, and constitutes, " it was not possible for hira to supply example. And this reservation the student must be prepared to make, who would approach the study of the Elizabethan Drama by the aid of Charles Lamb's* specimens.
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