ñòàòüå ðàññìàòðèâàåòñÿ îäèí èç íàèáîëåå âàæíûõ ýïèçîäîâ â ïîñìåðòíîé ëèòåðàòóðíîé æèçíè Øåêñïèðà - îáðåòåíèå èì êëàññè÷åñêîãî ñòàòóñà â Àíãëèè â ïåðâîé òðåòè XVIII â. Àíàëèçèðóþòñÿ äâå îñíîâíûå ïîçèöèè ïî ýòîìó âîïðîñó: ïåðâàÿ, ãîñïîäñòâîâàâøàÿ â ñðåäå ïåðâîãî ïîêîëåíèÿ àíãëèéñêèõ ëèòåðàòóðíûõ êðèòèêîâ (ðóáåæ XVII-XVIII ââ.), íàèáîëåå óäà÷íî âûðàæåíà â äðàéäåíîâñêîì ïðåäèñëîâèè ê åãî àäàïòàöèè øåêñïèðîâñêîé ïüåñû «Òðîèë è Êðåññèäà». Îíà óñòóïàåò ìåñòî âòîðîé, ñôîðìèðîâàííîé Ë. Óýëñòåäîì è Ó. Ñìèòîì íà îñíîâå íîâîãî ïðî÷òåíèÿ òðàêòàòà Ïñåâäî-Ëîíãèíà «Î âîçâûøåííîì».

Îne of the most important episodes in posthumous Shakespeare’s literary career is his acquisition of the proper classical status in the first third of the XVIII century. The author of the article analyses two positions represented by two generations of literary critics: the first is well summed in the famous Dryden’s preface to his adaptation of Shakespeare’s «Troilus and Cressida». The second one is based upon Pseudo-Longinus treatise «On The Sublime».

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