SOURCE: "Horace Walpole and Shakespeare" Studies in Philology XXXI, No. 1, January, 1934, pp. 51-68.
In the following essay, Stein examines Walpole's attitude toward Shakespeare—especially through his defense of Shakespeare against Voltaire. Stein concludes that, although Walpole regarded Shakespeare, highly he was not one of Walpole's literary influences.
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