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Language?

On March 26th, 2009 Poe said:

Folger's editions were created specifically to decipher Shakespeare's themes and language for the modern reader. The sonnets are dear indeed, but mostly without specific characters or plot; Hamlet was the Holden Caufield of his time.

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