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William Shakespeare: The Critical Heritage - Vol. 4
By Brain Vickers
600 pages
- Volume:
- 4
- Contributors:
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Place of publication:
- London
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Subjects:
Synopsis
The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling student and researcher to read the material.Related books and articles at Questia
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- Academic journal articles
- Magazine articles
- Newspaper articles
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Table of contents
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- Title Page iii
- General Editor's Preface vii
- Contents ix
- Preface xiii
- Introduction 1
- Note on the Text 51
- 137 - Macnamara Morgan, Romeo and Juliet Acted and Adapted 53
- 138 - George Colman, Shakespeare's Self-Criticism 56
- 139 - Joseph Warton on the Tempest and King Lear 60
- 140 - Arthur Murphy, Essays on Shakespeare 84
- 141 - Charlotte Lennox, Shakespeare's Misuse of His Sources 110
- 142 - Zachary Grey and Others, Notes on Shakespeare 147
- 143 - Arthur Murphy on Shakespeare's Ghost-Scenes 156
- 144 - Thomas Sheridan, Thomson's Coriolanus Conflated with Shakespeare's 159
- 145 - David Hume, Shakespeare and Jacobean Taste 171
- 146 - David Garrick, in Defence of Shakespeare Musicals 175
- Title Page iii
- General Editor's Preface vii
- Contents ix
- Preface xiii
- Introduction 1
- Note on the Text 51
- 137 - Macnamara Morgan, Romeo and Juliet Acted and Adapted 53
- 138 - George Colman, Shakespeare's Self-Criticism 56
- 139 - Joseph Warton on the Tempest and King Lear 60
- 140 - Arthur Murphy, Essays on Shakespeare 84
- 141 - Charlotte Lennox, Shakespeare's Misuse of His Sources 110
- 142 - Zachary Grey and Others, Notes on Shakespeare 147
- 143 - Arthur Murphy on Shakespeare's Ghost-Scenes 156
- 144 - Thomas Sheridan, Thomson's Coriolanus Conflated with Shakespeare's 159
- 145 - David Hume, Shakespeare and Jacobean Taste 171
- 146 - David Garrick, in Defence of Shakespeare Musicals 175
- 147 - John Gilbert Cooper, the Tomb of Shakespeare. a Poetical Vision 178
- 148 - John Shebbeare, Othello and King Lear in the Theatre 184
- 149 - Christopher Smart on Shakespeare's Learning 199
- 150 - David Garrick, from His Adaptation of the Winter's Tale 207
- 151 - David Garrick, in Defence of Shakespeare Musicals 218
- 152 - David Garrick, from His Musical Adaptation of the Tempest 222
- 153 - Charles Marsh, from His Adaptation of the Winter's Tale 229
- 154 - Tobias Smollett and Samuel Derrick on the Current Adaptations of Shakespeare 243
- 155 - John Berkenhout on Marsh's Adaptation of the Winter's Tale 246
- 156 - Frances Brooke on King Lear 247
- 157 - Theophilus Cibber, Garrick's Shakespeare 250
- 158 - Joseph Warton on Shakespeare 262
- 159 - Tobias Smollett on Shakespeare's Imperfections 266
- 160 - Samuel Johnson, Proposals for an Edition of Shakespeare 268
- 161 - Arthur Murphy, Shakespeare in the London Theatres 274
- 162 - Richard Hurd on Shakespeare 297
- 163 - Unsigned Essay on Garrick's Romeo 308
- 164 - John Armstrong, Shakespearian Jottings 313
- 165 - Joseph Pittard, Garrick's Lear 316
- 166 - William Shirley, Garrick's Sins as Actor and Adapter 323
- 167 - Unsigned Essay, Shakespeare Weighed and Measured 326
- 168 - Thomas Edwards on Warburton's Shakespeare 331
- 169 - Richard Roderick, Remarks on Shakespeare 337
- 170 - Arthur Murphy, Shakespeare in the London Theatres 344
- 171 - Alexander Gerard, Shakespeare and Enlightened Taste 350
- 172 - Earl of Orrery, Shakespeare's Irregularities Defended 353
- 173 - Thomas Wilkes, Shakespeare on the Stage 356
- 174 - Oliver Goldsmith, Shakespeare's Absurdities and Theatrical Revivals 372
- 175 - William Hawkins, from His Adaptation of Cymbeline 374
- 176 - Charles Marsh, from His Adaptation of Cymbeline 393
- 177 - William Kenrick on the Adaptations of Cymbeline 400
- 178 - 'Sir' John Hill on a Revival of Antony and Cleopatra 402
- 179 - Edward Young, Shakespeare's Genius 405
- 180 - Thomas Francklin, Shakespeare's Tragedies Supreme 408
- 181 - Lord Lyttelton, an Imaginary Conversation on Shakespeare 410
- 182 - Unsigned Essay 'On the Merits of Shakespeare and Corneille' 413
- 183 - Unsigned Review, an Ode to Shakespeare 417
- 184 - Robert Lloyd, Shakespeare Greater Than the Rules 419
- 185 - Thady Fitzpatrick, Garrick's Speaking of Shakespeare 424
- 186 - Charles Churchill, Shakespeare and Garrick Supreme 435
- 187 - George Colman on Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Dramatists 440
- 188 - Benjamin Victor, Shakespeare Acted and Adapted 450
- 189 - Hugh Kelly, Garrick's Shakespeare 455
- 190 - Tobias Smollett on Garrick's Adaptation of the Winter's Tale 458
- 191 - Unsigned Notices, Garrick's Shakespeare 460
- 192 - David Garrick, the Coronation Procession in Henry VIII 468
- 193 - Lord Kames, Shakespeare's Beauties and Faults 471
- 194 - Tobias Smollett, Shakespeare's Faulty Style 498
- 195 - Daniel Webb, Shakespeare's Poetry 505
- 196 - Benjamin Victor, from His Adaptation of the Two Gentlemen of Verona 525
- 197 - K. L., 'Shakespeare and Milton Compared' 533
- 198 - Unsigned Essay, 'An Account of the Novel and Play of Romeo and Juliet' 538
- 199 - Edward Watkinson on Shakespeare 540
- 200 - Richard Hurd, Shakespeare and Gothic Romance 542
- 201 - Thomas Percy, Shakespeare and the History Play 544
- 202 - Horace Walpole on Shakespeare and French Rules 546
- 203 - Benjamin Heath on Restoring Shakespeare's Text 550
- 204 - George Steevens on Restoring Shakespeare's Text 565
- A Select Bibliography of Shakespeare Criticism 574
- Index 577