SHAKESPEARE; OR, THE POET

An annotated discovery of Emerson's homage to the infamous Renaissance man that wrote the constitution for the Republic of Letters. As we travel Emerson's insight into the bard, the annotations serve as an off-ramp to inspire thought and conversation, supplemented with reputable external resources. The range of topics is diverse, but all overlap with the great playwright and his works. Of the explored are Shakespearean Metaphysics, madness as mental illness, a Nazi-approved German translation, Herder insisting Shakespeare was the cause for Goethe's abysmal work, and more. Each of these various themes stems from Emerson's text; serving as our guide through the divergent, yet intersectional, points of discourse on Shakespeare's life and work.