AN APOLOGY FOR SHAKESPEARE

By S. A. Joseph

An Apology For Shakespeare is a humble attempt to show that there is a need of awareness about Poetry in our life.

Study of poetry and its manifold forms need to be encouraged. It voices against the negative and indifferent attitude to virtues and good qualities. This book aims to create a conscience among the people about the vanishing values and ideals from many of us. The study of classics is significant in this end as they provide much knowledge and wisdom and have grave and serious themes.

If you meet William Shakespeare all of a sudden, unexpectedly, infront of you and he is ready to talk to you, what all topics would be coming up on?

The author addresses William Shakespeare whom he considers to be one of the greatest poet of all time, He seeks help to counter the vices

and he expresses his weaknesses to do the same. He tells many topics to the great Master of Arts.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Notion Press
• Release date: Nov 21, 2014
• ISBN: 9789384391935

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An Apology

For

Shakespeare

S.A. Joseph

Notion Press

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Chennai - 600 005

First Published by Notion Press 2014

Copyright © S.A. Joseph 2014

All Rights Reserved.

ISBN: 978-93-84391-93-5

This book has been published in good faith that the work of the author is original. All efforts have been taken to make the material error-free. However, the author and the publisher disclaim the responsibility.

No part of this book may be used, reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission from the author, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

This book is dedicated to my parents and teachers.

S.A. Joseph

Preface

By The Author

I would like to make a humble attempt to convince my fellowmen on why poetry should be highly valued. I feel there is a little degeneration in a sense that poetry is an art of imitation and imagination. Required by the exigencies of the present age to defend poetry in general, it was necessary to show different aspects of human life it deals with. I think that there is a need for a proper understanding of the nature and function of serious poetry. Poetry in all countries has preceded other branches of learning. We are to understand that poetry only enables man to read and utilize learning of other kinds. I would like to assert that the end of all learning is virtuous action and a meaningful life and we can see that poetry serves this end in the best way.

The importance of studying classic literature is also a necessity today as they provide us much knowledge and wisdom, amusing and instructing human minds for ages. I tried to show the different reasons and situations for the degeneration of classic poetry through these pages.

I am sincerely grateful to late Guru Nitya Chaithanya Yati, for his guidance and inspiration to complete this work.

S.A. Joseph

Foreword

(On An Apology For Shakespeare)

This is a humble attempt to defend poetry and its manifold forms in the present age, and a lamentation and a revelation on the loss of tender human feelings and the ability to appreciate a meaningful life from the society at large. God’s presence and existence in the universe is asserted. It voices against the negative and indifferent attitude of people towards the virtues and good qualities in human life. Satan’s attempt in various forms to influence the mankind and the degree of his success is vividly shown. It creates an awareness of the vanishing values and ideals from the life of this generation to the goodness and nature. The unfolded ignorance of the present age generation how to build up a meaningful life can be seen in it. It is an attempt to teach the mankind how one can inspire others and live for the welfare of his fellow beings. It clearly shows the need of practicing universal fraternity and a call for the survival of human sympathy for the inner growth.

The name Shakespeare refers to poetry as a whole in its wide sense. The master refers to a great Teacher of Indian Philosophy namely Guru Nitya Chaithanya Yati who influenced, inspired the author very much