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Jiang's provocative doubt that Shakespeare's beauty may lack the depth of Homer or Dante.
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pretty nothingness
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "-American culture, even though it dominates the world, it's pretty lackluster. It's very narrow -minded. It's very practical. It's pretty mediocre. Okay? And if..."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "-American culture, even though it dominates the world, it's pretty lackluster. It's very narrow -minded. It's very practical. It's pretty mediocre. Okay? And if..."
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Shakespeare is great but, in Jiang's current view, less impressive than Homer and Dante because Shakespeare offers beautiful language more than deep metaphysical truth.
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"-American culture, even though it dominates the world, it's pretty lackluster. It's very narrow -minded. It's very practical. It's pretty mediocre. Okay? And if..."
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"...with Shakespeare, you're like, this is beautiful, but is it a pretty nothingness? Okay? That's a question I have. And again, to be fair,..."
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English becomes empire because Shakespeare turns language into infrastructure.
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