Shakespeare - Herder, Johann Gottfried von 1744-1803 (Princeton University Press, 2008)
"First published in 1773, as one of five contributions to a pamphlet edited by Herder himself and entitled Von deutscher Art und Kunst (On German Character and Art)"--T.p. verso. - Translated from the German
Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-82) and index
A key document in the German reception of Shakespeare, Herder's essay is a repudiation of the normative poetics of the Enlightenment and the hegemony of French neoclassicism, as well as a passionate defence of European diversity in an age of increasing homogeneity