Montaigne and Shakespeare (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

The influence of French essayist Montaigne (1533-1592) on Shakespeare’s works—particularly on the language and ideas of Hamlet and King Lear—is the subject of this 1909 collection of scholarly essays. Includes “Parallel Passages,” “Shakespeare and the Classics,” “Shakespeare’s Culture-Evolution,” “The Originality of Shakespeare,” and more.