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Excerpt from The Shakespeariad: Souvenir of the Tercentenary of Shakespeare's Death-Day April 23rd, 1916; A Dramatic Epos

The plan is to present Shakespeare's entire work in the action of a poem, of which he is the hero performing a literary deed as yet the most significant in history. Hence the title Shakespeariad, which seeks to unite the epic and dramatic forms into a higher kind.

The Shakespeariad is located in the Magic Isle well known as the scene of the poet's "Tempest." The poem is composed of three main Parts, which form successive stages of an ascent from low to high. The First Part is the Magic Wood, or the forest of the Magic Isle, which is rimmed on the outside by the sea. The Second Part is the Magic City, which rises up in the center of the Isle and is called Shakespearopolis, embracing all the poet's characters in its separate abodes. The Third Part is the Magic Overworld, whose name hints the poet's supernatural forms - ghosts and spirits.

The throng of visitors from all quarters of the globe appear especially in two representatives: Pandora from Hellas and the East, and young Prospero from Atlantis and the West.

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