Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Shakespeare” in chapter 2.14 of Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2:
... occasionally a burst of pure lyricism.
Just where, if anywhere, Whitman found the hint for this flexible prose-poetic form critics have not agreed.
Perhaps Biblical prosody, , the blank verse of Shakespeare and Bryant, the writings of Blake, the prose of Carlyle and Emerson, and his own impassioned declamation all assisted; but full allowance must be made for the unquestioned originality of his own geni...
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† | Shakespeare | 928 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | |
William Shakespeare | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
Harvard Shakespeare | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
John Shakespeare | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes |
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