THE CAXTON EDITION OF THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE VOL.1

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by  LEE, SIDNEY

THE CAXTON EDITION OF

THE COMPLETE WORKS OF
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’

WITH ANNOTATIONS AND
A GENERAL INTRODUCTION
BY SIDNEY LEE

VOLUME I

GENTRAL INTRODUCTION
PAE COMPDY OF ERRORS
THY TWO OF VERONA

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GENERAL INTRODUCTION
BY SIDNEY L&E

GENERAL INTRODUCTION

BY SIDNEY LEE I

IOMER and Vergil, Dante and Cer-
& vantes, Milton and Goethe, are the
only writers known to human his-
tory who in universality of recog-
nition challenge comparison with
Shakespeare. Obviously in the
work of every one of these six
masters there are certain qualities
to which Shakespeare's writings
© offer no parallel at sll In Shake-
speare’s writings we seek in vain
for the epic simplicity of Homer,
D the epic majesty of Vergil, the
taetephysiesl fervour of Dante, the serio-comic narrative

Speare’s achievement reveals an opulent mastery of ons
faculty, —the focally of dramatic expression, of instan-
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