This book describes two visits made by the author to England in 1877 and 1882. From the Preface, "this reprint has been called Shakespeare's England for the reason that the book relates so largely to Warwickshire, and because it depicts not so much the England of fact as the England created and hallowed by the spirit of her poetry, of which Shakespeare is the soul."
William Winter (1836 – 1917) was an American dramatic critic and author.
William Winter wore many literary hats during his long, illustrious career: theater critic, biographer, poet, essayist, among them. He is known for his Romantic-style poetry, and for his long career as an editor and writer for some of New York City's great papers.
Winter was a tour de force in the original Bohemian scene of Greenwich Village, going on to become one of the most influential men of letters of the last half of the 19th century and the pre-eminent drama critic and biographer of the times.
Winter had a stellar writing and editorial career at some of New York City's most influential papers, working as a dramatic and literary critic for the Albion and Harper’s Weekly, as well as Horace Greeley’s Tribune for more than 40 years. His piercing wit and brilliant writing made him the leading stage historian and theater critic of the 19th century.
Winter left an archive of biographies and essays on stars like Edwin Booth and Sir Henry Irving. His enormously prolific legacy is preserved at the Folger Shakespeare Library's Robert Young Collection on William Winter.
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