Thursday, August 16, 2018
Don't Read Too Many Commentaries
Hugh Trevor-Roper, letter to James Howard-Johnston (June 19, 1960):
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As for Shakespeare, don't read too many commentaries. In reading any great work one must read as much as is necessary to appreciate it: one must know the language, understand the allusions, or at least the important allusions, appreciate the nuances. But once one can do that, it is the great work, not the commentary that matters.
