Hamlet is a name: His speeches and sayings but the idle coinage of the poet's brain. What then, are they not real? They are as real as our own thoughts. Their reality is in the reader's mind. It is we who are Hamlet.

William Hazlitt

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Power of literature

Author

William Hazlitt

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English

Time

1817 1810s 19th century

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Hazlitt, William. "Hamlet." Characters of Shakespear's Plays. London: Rowland Hunter and Charles Ollier and James Ollier, 1817.

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Language
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Time
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The pen is mightier than the sword.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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Richelieu
Medium
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Genre
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Statement Type
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Language
English
Time
1839 1830s 19th century
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Bulwer-Lytton, Edward. Richelieu; Or the Conspiracy. 7 Mar. 1839, Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London, England, UK, act 2, sc. 2.