William Shakespeare Volume 5, 1765-1774 / edited by Brian Vickers.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vickers, Brian.

Series:

Critical heritage series.

The critical heritage series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Shakespeare, William.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (584 p.)

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 1979.

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; WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: THE CRITICAL HERITAGE; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; NOTE ON THE TEXT; 205 SAMUEL JOHNSON, edition of Shakespeare, 1765; 206 GEORGE COLMAN, Johnson's edition reviewed, 1765; 207 WILLIAM KENRICK, Johnson attacked, 1765; 208 WILLIAM GUTHRIE, Johnson reviewed, 1765-6; 209 JAMES BARCLAY, Johnson defended, 1766; 210 THOMAS TYRWHITT, on editing Shakespeare, 1766; 211 GEORGE STEEVENS, on Shakespearian scholarship, 1766; 212 GEORGE STEEVENS, proposals for a new edition of Shakespeare, 1766

213 RICHARD HURD, Shakespeare's pastorals, 1766214 RICHARD FARMER, Shakespeare's lack of classical learning, 1767; 215 WILLIAM GUTHRIE, Farmer reviewed, 1767; 216 T. W., on three Shakespearian tragedies, 1767; 217 GEORGE COLMAN, Farmer criticized, 1768; 218 GEORGE COLMAN, King Lear partly restored, 1768; 219 RICHARD WARNER, Shakespeare's language, 1768; 220 EDWARD CAPELL, introduction to Shakespeare, 1768; 221 ELIZABETH MONTAGU, Shakespeare's genius, 1769; 222 DAVID GARRICK, Jubilee Ode to Shakespeare, 1769; 223 Unsigned oration, In honour of Shakespeare, 1769

224 Unsigned essay, on the deficiencies of English drama, 1769225 CHARLES JENNENS, on editing King Lear, 1770; 226 WILLIAM DUFF, Shakespeare's genius, 1770; 227 FRANCIS GENTLEMAN, Shakespeare the dramatist, 1770; 228 PAUL HIFFERNAN, idolizing Shakespeare, 1770; 229 EDWARD BURNABY GREENE, rhetoric in Shakespeare, 1770; 230 JOHN ARMSTRONG, Shakespeare and the Unities, 1770; 231 J. R., Ode to Shakespeare, 1771; 232 RICHARD CUMBERLAND, adaptation of Timon of Athens, 1771; 233 JOHN POTTER, Shakespeare in the theatre, 1771-2; 234 GEORGE STEEVENS, Shakespeare in the theatre, 1771-2

235 GEORGE STEEVENS, advice to Garrick on adapting Hamlet, 1771236 DAVID GARRICK, adaptation of Hamlet, 1772; 237 Various writers, Garrick's Hamlet reviewed, 1772-3; 238 GEORGE STEEVENS, Shakespeare in the theatre, 1772-3; 239 TATE WILKINSON, adaptation of Hamlet, 1773; 240 GEORGE STEEVENS and SAMUEL JOHNSON, edition of Shakespeare, 1773; 241 THOMAS HAWKINS, English drama before Shakespeare, 1773; 242 EDWARD CAPELL, notes on Shakespeare, 1774; A SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Reprinted in 1995, 2000 by Routledge.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-003-57219-7

1-134-78340-X

1-280-26728-3

9786610267286

0-203-19799-2

9781003572190

OCLC:

264475695