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Shakespearesque
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English
Etymology
From en Shakespeare -esque.
Adjective
Reminiscent of the works of William Shakespeare, an English playwright and poet.
en 2007 Dennis O'Brien University of Notre Dame Press Finding the voice of the church 45 https://www.google.com.sg/books/edition/Finding_the_Voice_of_the_Church/LPgtAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Shakespearesque&dq=Shakespearesque&printsec=frontcover Bloom does not say that Shakespeare invented idiosyncratic Shakespearesque characters, he invented the human for all that Hamlet and the rest are Shakespeare's unique creations.
en 2012 Kathryn Prince, Pascale Aebischer Cambridge University Press Performing Early Modern Drama Today 83 https://www.google.com.sg/books/edition/Performing_Early_Modern_Drama_Today/Jk2-mClQ7QoC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Shakespearesque&pg=PA83&printsec=frontcover I am more interested in the writers that were not influenced by Shakespeare of that period, rather than the sort of Shakespearesque plays.
en 2018 Mark W. Hamilton Oxford University Press A Theological Introduction to the Old Testament 128 https://www.google.com.sg/books/edition/A_Theological_Introduction_to_the_Old_Te/T2hiDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Shakespearesque&pg=PA128&printsec=frontcover It's all very clever, this Shakespearesque touch by which the characters reveal a major flaw in Samson's character: his lack of understanding of social relationships and the superior thickness of blood to a recently contracted marriage.
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