| Description |
1 online resource (iv, 573 pages) |
| Series |
The critical heritage series |
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Critical heritage series.
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| Contents |
Part, Note on the Text -- chapter Introduction -- chapter 137 MACNAMARA MORGAN, Romeo and Juliet acted and adapted, 1753 -- chapter 138 GEORGE COLMAN, Shakespeare's self-criticism, 1753 -- chapter 139 JOSEPH WARTON on The Tempest and King Lear, 1753-4 -- chapter 140 ARTHUR MURPHY, Essays on Shakespeare, 1753-4 -- chapter 141 Charlotte Lennox, Shakespeare's misuse of his sources -- chapter 142 ZACHARY GREY and others, Notes on Shakespeare, 1754 -- chapter 143 Arthur Murphy on Shakespeare's ghost-scenes -- chapter 144 Thomas Sheridan, Thomson's Coriolanus conflated with Shakespeare's -- chapter 145 DAVID HUME, Shakespeare and Jacobean taste, 1754 -- chapter 146 DAVID GARRICK, in defence of Shakespeare musicals, 1755 -- chapter 147 John Gilbert Cooper, The Tomb of Shakespeare. A Poetical Vision -- chapter 148 John Shebbeare, Othello and King Lear in the theatre -- chapter 149 Christopher Smart on Shakespeare's learning -- chapter 150 David Garrick, from his adaptation of The Winter's Tale -- chapter 153 Charles Marsh, from his adaptation of The Winter's Tale -- chapter 154 Tobias Smollett and Samuel Derrick on the current adaptations of Shakespeare -- part, 155 JOHN BERKENHOUT on Marsh's adaptation of The Winter's Tale, March 1756 -- chapter 156 FRANCES BROOKE on King Lear, March 1756 -- chapter 157 THEOPHILUS CIBBER, Garrick's Shakespeare, 1756 -- chapter 158 JOSEPH WARTON on Shakespeare, 1756 -- part, 159 TOBIAS SMOLLETT on Shakespeare's imperfections, 1756 -- chapter 160 Samuel Johnson, Proposals for an edition of Shakespeare -- chapter 161 Arthur Murphy, Shakespeare in the London theatres -- chapter 162 Richard Hurd on Shakespeare -- chapter 164 JOHN ARMSTRONG, Shakespearian jottings, 1758 -- chapter 165 JOSEPH PITTARD, Garrick's Lear, 1758 -- chapter 166 William Shirley, Garrick's sins as actor and adapter -- chapter 167 Unsigned essay, Shakespeare weighed and measured -- chapter 168 THOMAS EDWARDS on Warburton's Shakespeare, 1758 -- chapter 169 RICHARD RODERICK, Remarks on Shakespeare, 1758 -- chapter 170 Arthur Murphy, Shakespeare in the London theatres -- chapter 172 Earl of Orrery, Shakespeare's irregularities defended -- chapter 173 THOMAS WILKES, Shakespeare on the stage, 1759 -- part, 174 Oliver Goldsmith, Shakespeare's absurdities and theatrical revivals -- chapter 175 William Hawkins, from his adaptation of Cymbeline -- chapter 176 CHARLES MARSH, from his adaptation of Cymbeline, 1759 -- part, 177 William Kenrick on the adaptations of Cymbeline -- chapter 178 'Sir' John Hill on a revival of Antony and Cleopatra -- chapter 179 EDWARD YOUNG, Shakespeare's genius, 1759 -- part, 180 Thomas Francklin, Shakespeare's tragedies supreme -- chapter 181 Lord Lyttelton, an imaginary conversation on Shakespeare / Shakespeare, 1760 -- chapter 182 Unsigned essay, 'On the Merits of Shakespeare and / Corneille', June 1760 -- part, 183 Unsigned review, an Ode to Shakespeare, September 1760 -- chapter 184 ROBERT LLOYD, Shakespeare greater than the rules, 1760 -- chapter 185 Thady Fitzpatrick, Garrick's speaking of Shakespeare -- chapter 186 Charles Churchill, Shakespeare and Garrick supreme -- chapter 187 George Colman on Shakespeare and the Elizabethan dramatists -- chapter 188 BENJAMIN VICTOR, Shakespeare acted and adapted, 1761 -- chapter 189 HUGH KELLY, Garrick's Shakespeare, 1761-2 -- chapter 191 Unsigned notices, Garrick's Shakespeare, 1762 -- chapter 193 LORD KAMES, Shakespeare's beauties and faults, 1762 -- chapter 194 TOBIAS SMOLLETT, Shakespeare's faulty style, 1762 -- chapter 195 DANIEL WEBB, Shakespeare's poetry, 1762 -- chapter 196 Benjamin Victor, from his adaptation of The Two Gentlemen of Verona -- part, 198 Unsigned essay, 'An Account of the Novel and Play of Romeo and Juliet' -- chapter 199 EDWARD WATKINSON on Shakespeare, 1764-5 -- part, 201 THOMAS PERCY, Shakespeare and the History Play, 1765 -- chapter 202 HORACE WALPOLE on Shakespeare and French rules, 1765 -- chapter 204 GEORGE STEEVENS on restoring Shakespeare's text, 1765 |
| 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 student and researcher to read the material |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Adaptations.
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| SUBJECT |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast |
| Subject |
English literature.
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English literature
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| Genre/Form |
Adaptations
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Vickers, Brian
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| ISBN |
9780203197950 |
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020319795X |
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1134783485 |
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9781134783489 |
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1280336153 |
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9781280336157 |
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9786610336159 |
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6610336156 |
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0203286529 |
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9780203286524 |
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1134783477 |
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9781134783472 |
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