By the nineteenth century Shakespeare's reputation had advanced to the point of what came to be known as bardolatry.
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In other words, bardolatry defines Shakespeare as the master of all human experience and of its intellectual analysis.
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It was also a period of rising bardolatry, the deification of Shakespeare's genius, and a widespread, almost hyperbolic veneration for the philosophical genius of Francis Bacon.
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The idolization of William Shakespeare
N. excessive worship of Shakespeare and his works.