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title: 'Shakespeare and His Forerunners: Studies in Elizabethan Poetry and Its Development from Early English'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'Sidney Clopton Lanier, Sr.'
date: 1908-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Literature'
- 'Poetry'
scriptures:
- 'John 1'
- 'Genesis 3'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/lanier-1908-shakespeare-and-his-forerunners-studies-in-elizabethan-poetry-and-its-development-from-early-english
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# Shakespeare and His Forerunners: Studies in Elizabethan Poetry and Its Development from Early English

Sidney Lanier's lectures trace Elizabethan poetry and Shakespeare's artistic growth, analyzing meter, rhythm, and moral themes across plays like Hamlet and The Tempest.

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