 | James G. McManaway - 1990 - 442 Seiten
...speak with Shakespeare's fine filed phrase, if they would speak English." As for drama in general, "As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for...among the Latins; so Shakespeare among the English is die most excellent in both kinds for the stage." of Shakespeare's plays then in existence and mentions... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1998 - 276 Seiten
...Shakespeare's works given by Francis Meres in his Palladis Tamia : Wit's Treasury of 1598, where Meres writes: As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for Comedy and Tragedy among the Latines: so Shakespeare among the English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage; for Comedy,... | |
 | Edwin Reed - 1992 - 242 Seiten
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 | Peter Thomson - 1999 - 244 Seiten
...known assessment of Shakespeare's quality, Meres's uncritical enthusiasm has been endlessly quoted: As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for Comedy and Tragedy among the Latines: so Shakespeare among the English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage. All that... | |
 | Heinrich F. Plett - 1994 - 460 Seiten
...durchaus mit den Klassikern konkurrieren kann, geht aus der bekanntesten Synkrisis von Meres hervor: As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for Comedy and Tragedy among the Latines: so Shakespeare among ye English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage; for Comedy,... | |
 | Andrew Gurr - 1996 - 504 Seiten
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 | Stanley Wells, Gary Taylor, John Jowett, William Montgomery - 1997 - 692 Seiten
...Shakespeare, witnes his Venus and Adonis, his Lucrece, his sugred Sonnets among his priuate friends, &c. As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for Comedy and Tragedy among the Latines : so Shakespeare among the English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage; for Comedy,... | |
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As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for Comedy and Tragedy among the Latins, so Shakespeare among the English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage... 
