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Originally Posted by crich70
Yes, but it is possible to visualize the characters,settings, etc. in your head to a degree as well (IMO). Of course I have seen several of his plays performed (on TV) so that also helps in the visualization.  |
We learned to visualize when studying Shakespeare in school.
Shakespeare gets the credit as he was close to the first to write in fairly understandable English.
Chaucer was a good observer, but you need a dictionary to read his works, and if someone read it to you in the original language that Chaucer used, you wouldn't understand a word of it.
Here's another of that era:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Faerie_Queene
Le Morte d'Arthur precedes Shakespeare. (Written in 1465)
Here's an article about some facets of publishing today:
http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/killi...ertain-length/
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