
Shakespeare's knowledge of mankind, by A. Schlegel
"Shakespeare's knowledge of mankind has become proverbial: he has justly been called the master of the human mind."
Shakespeare's knowledge of mankind, by A. Schlegel
Facts of Shakespeare's Life, by Mark Twain
Shakespeare and Bacon (by Dr. Gervinus )
Villiers de L'Isle-Adam : Hamlet
Victor Hugo : Prometheus and Hamlet
Victor Hugo : Hamlet ou la folie du sage
Shakespeare's The Tempest: A Jungian Interpretation
Illustrations of Shakespeare, by William Blake
La Mélancolie de la "Vanitas": de Montaigne à Hamlet
Loneliness and the Tragic Hero in Shakespeare
Hamlet : A Case of Madness ?
"La mélancolie est d’autant plus pure que l’amour l’enveloppe et l’alimente. De leur association naît une palpitation agréable et suave, une grâce de la solitude, un pressentiment voluptueux de l’éternité."
— Cioran, Le livre des leurres, 1936