William Shakespeare [electronic resource] . Volume 2, 1693-1733 : the critical heritage / edited by Brian Vickers.

Format:

Book

Series:

Critical heritage series.

The critical heritage series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism and interpretation.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Adaptations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (556 p.)

Edition:

New Edition

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 students and researchers to read for themselves, for example, comments on early performances of Shakespeare's plays, or reactions to the first publication of Jane Austen's novels. The carefully selected sources range from landmark essays in the history of criticism to journalism and contemporary opinion, and little published documentary material such as letters and diaries. Significant pieces of criticism from later per

Contents:

Cover; THE CRITICAL HERITAGE SERIES; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; NOTE ON THE TEXT; 29 THOMAS RYMER, from A Short View of Tragedy, 1693; 30 JOHN DENNIS on Rymer, 1693; 31 JOHN DRYDEN on Rymer, 1693; 32 CHARLES GILDON on Rymer, 1694; 33 JOHN DRYDEN on Rymer, March 1694; 34 JEREMY COLLIER, from A Short View of the Immorality, and Profaneness of the English Stage, 1698; 35 Unsigned work, Shakespeare defended from Collier, 1698; 36 JOHN DENNIS, Shakespeare defended, 1698; 37 JAMES DRAKE, Shakespeare defended, 1699

38 COLLEY CIBBER, from his adaptation of Richard III, 170039 SAMUEL COBB, Shakespeare's artless tragedies, 1700; 40 CHARLES GILDON, from his adaptation of Measure for Measure, 1700; 41 JOHN OLDMIXON on the mangling of Shakespeare's plays, 1700; 42 JOHN DENNIS on Shakespeare's morals, 1701; 43 GEORGE GRANVILLE, from his adaptation of The Merchant of Venice, 1701; 44 JOHN DENNIS, from his adaptation of The Merry Wives of Windsor, 1702; 45 GEORGE FARQUHAR on the Three Unities, 1702; 46 JOHN DOWNES, Shakespeare on the Restoration stage, 1708 188

47 NICHOLAS ROWE, Shakespeare's life and works, 170948 SIR RICHARD STEELE, from the Tatler, 1709-10; 49 HENRY FELTON on Shakespeare's genius, 1709; 50 CHARLES GILDON, Shakespeare's life and works, 1710; 51 THE EARL OF SHAFTESBURY on Shakespeare, 1710; 52 ELIJAH FENTON on Shakespeare, January 1711; 53 JOSEPH TRAPP, Shakespeare and English drama, c. 1712; 54 SIR RICHARD STEELE on Shakespeare, 1711; 55 JOSEPH ADDISON on Shakespeare, 1711-14; 56 JOHN DENNIS on Shakespeare's genius and morality, 1711; 57 LEONARD WELSTED, Longinus illustrated from Shakespeare, 1712

58 JOHN HUGHES on Othello, April 171359 LEWIS THEOBALD on King Lear, Othello and Julius Caesar, 1715-17; 60 THOMAS KILLIGREW the younger, suggestions for adapting Julius Caesar, c. 1715; 61 THOMAS PURNEY, Shakespeare and francophilia, 1717; 62 CHARLES GILDON, Shakespeare and the Rules, 1718; 63 GEORGE SEWELL on the mangling of Shakespeare's plays, 1719; 64 JOHN DENNIS, from his adaptation of Coriolanus, 1719; 65 JOHN DENNIS, letters on Shakespeare, 1719; 66 LEWIS THEOBALD, from his adaptation of Richard II, 1719; 67 JOHN DENNIS, Shakespeare and the Rules, 1720

68 CHARLES GILDON on Shakespeare's faults, 172169 AARON HILL, from his adaptation of Henry V, 1723; 70 THE DUKE OF WHARTON, in praise of Hill's Henry V, December 1723; 71 ALEXANDER POPE, edition of Shakespeare, 1725; 72 GEORGE SEWELL on Shakespeare's poems, 1725; 73 RICHARD SAVAGE on The Rape of Lucrece, May 1725; 74 LEWIS THEOBALD, from Shakespeare Restored, 1726; 75 NICHOLAS AMHURST(?) on Cardinal Wolsey, November 1727; 76 GEORGE ADAMS, Shakespeare and tragedy, 1729; 77 Unsigned essay, Shakespeare and the actors defended, 1729; 78 LEWIS THEOBALD on editing Shakespeare, 1729-30

79 THOMAS COOKE on the morality of Tate's King Lear, 1731

Notes:

First published in 1974.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-04-028994-0

1-04-029347-6

1-003-57218-9

1-134-78361-2

1-134-78362-0

1-280-09426-5

9786610094264

0-203-19787-9

9780203197875

OCLC:

57550909