do you think Shakespeare had, in any literary medium, of any period, any kind of worthy successor...? I suppose I mean particularly in this ability to create whole characters
i think that's close to true in the field of drama, and i think Chekhov is probably overall a better dramatist, or crafter of plots, but he is so only in a few of his late plays. i really have yet to encounter another writer with Shakespeare's rhetorical and imaginative gifts; they keep knocking me out with their deftness and intensity.
also, am currently reading "Chekhov the Dramatist", which is an immensely brisk and insightful book on Chekhov's dramatic method. if you can get hold of it (and you can), it's very much worth some time
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do you think Shakespeare had, in any literary medium, of any period, any kind of worthy successor...? I suppose I mean particularly in this ability to create whole characters
The great writers after him are all his successors in some way, unavoidably so
As playwright, Chekov has been mentioned as second only to WS.
i think that's close to true in the field of drama, and i think Chekhov is probably overall a better dramatist, or crafter of plots, but he is so only in a few of his late plays. i really have yet to encounter another writer with Shakespeare's rhetorical and imaginative gifts; they keep knocking me out with their deftness and intensity.
also, am currently reading "Chekhov the Dramatist", which is an immensely brisk and insightful book on Chekhov's dramatic method. if you can get hold of it (and you can), it's very much worth some time
Love that book