Battle of Wits, Edgar Allen Poe Cottage, Mary Giles

Battle of Wits

A battle of wits… who is most important to American literature, William Shakespeare or Mark Twain?

“The human dimensions that Shakespeare gives his characters was pretty much a new concept in literature at that time.” ~Jonathan Richards

“Twain had the courage to create a purely vernacular character who did not speak in the register of college educated people.” ~Lois Rudnick