ZDENĚK URBÁNEK
Aug 31, 2018 · 6 min read

In the literary culture of the West, one writer is everywhere acknowledged as supreme: William Shakespeare. Obviously, such a reputation cannot be purely linguistic: only native English-speakers can fully appreciate the beauty and richness of his language, just as it takes a German to fully appreciate Goethe. Beyond questions of language, what comes across in Shakespeare, uniquely, in any competent translation, is the extraordinary and unparalleled breadth of…

