William Shakespeare: The Critical Heritage, Volume 2Brian Vickers 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 themselves. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
NOTE ON THE TEXT | 23 |
29 THOMAS RYMER from A Short View of Tragedy 1693 | 25 |
30 JOHN DENNIS on Rymer 1693 | 60 |
31 JOHN DRYDEN on Rymer 1693 | 62 |
32 CHARLES GILDON on Rymer 1694 | 63 |
33 JOHN DRYDEN on Rymer March 1694 | 86 |
34 JEREMY COLLIER from A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage 1698 | 87 |
57 LEONARD WELSTED Longinus illustrated from Shakespeare 1712 | 298 |
58 JOHN HUGHES on Othello April 1713 | 299 |
59 LEWIS THEOBALD on King Lear Othello and Julius Caesar 171517 | 303 |
60 THOMAS KILLIGREW the younger suggestions for adapting Julius Caesar c 1715 | 312 |
61 THOMAS PURNEY Shakespeare and francophilia 1717 | 316 |
62 CHARLES GILDON Shakespeare and the Rules 1718 | 322 |
63 GEORGE SEWELL on the mangling of Shakespeares plays 1719 | 327 |
64 JOHN DENNIS from his adaptation of Coriolanus 1719 | 329 |
35 Unsigned work Shakespeare defended from Collier 1698 | 89 |
36 JOHN DENNIS Shakespeare defended 1698 | 92 |
37 JAMES DRAKE Shakespeare defended 1699 | 93 |
38 COLLEY CIBBER from his adaptation of Richard III 1700 | 101 |
39 SAMUEL COBB Shakespeares artless tragedies 1700 | 129 |
40 CHARLES GILDON from his adaptation of Measure for Measure 1700 | 130 |
41 JOHN OLDMIXON on the mangling of Shakespeares plays 1700 | 145 |
42 JOHN DENNIS on Shakespeares morals 1701 | 146 |
43 GEORGE GRANVILLE from his adaptation of The Merchant of Venice 1701 | 149 |
44 JOHN DENNIS from his adaptation of The Merry Wives of Windsor 1702 | 161 |
45 GEORGE FARQUHAR on the Three Unities 1702 | 175 |
46 JOHN DOWNES Shakespeare on the Restoration stage 1708 188 | 188 |
47 NICHOLAS ROWE Shakespeares life and works 1709 | 190 |
48 SIR RICHARD STEELE from the Tatler 170910 | 203 |
49 HENRY FELTON on Shakespeares genius 1709 | 215 |
50 CHARLES GILDON Shakespeares life and works 1710 | 216 |
51 THE EARL OF SHAFTESBURY on Shakespeare 1710 | 263 |
52 ELIJAH FENTON on Shakespeare January 1711 | 265 |
53 JOSEPH TRAPP Shakespeare and English drama c 1712 | 267 |
54 SIR RICHARD STEELE on Shakespeare 1711 | 269 |
55 JOSEPH ADDISON on Shakespeare 171114 | 272 |
56 JOHN DENNIS on Shakespeares genius and morality 1711 | 281 |
65 JOHN DENNIS letters on Shakespeare 1719 | 348 |
66 LEWIS THEOBALD from his adaptation of Richard II 1719 | 352 |
67 JOHN DENNIS Shakespeare and the Rules 1720 | 366 |
68 CHARLES GILDON on Shakespeares faults 1721 | 369 |
69 AARON HILL from his adaptation of Henry V 1723 | 373 |
70 THE DUKE OF WHARTON in praise of Hills Henry V December 1723 | 398 |
71 ALEXANDER POPE edition of Shakespeare 1725 | 403 |
72 GEORGE SEWELL on Shakespeares poems 1725 | 419 |
73 RICHARD SAVAGE on The Rape of Lucrece May 1725 | 423 |
74 LEWIS THEOBALD from Shakespeare Restored 1726 | 426 |
75 NICHOLAS AMHURST? on Cardinal Wolsey November 1727 | 442 |
76 GEORGE ADAMS Shakespeare and tragedy 1729 | 446 |
77 Unsigned essay Shakespeare and the actors defended 1729 | 449 |
78 LEWIS THEOBALD on editing Shakespeare 172930 | 458 |
79 THOMAS COOKE on the morality of Tates King Lear 1731 | 464 |
80 WILLIAM LEVIN on the decline in theatrical taste 1731 | 469 |
81 LEWIS THEOBALD On the Text of Shakespeares Poems 1732 | 471 |
82 LEWIS THEOBALD edition of Shakespeare 1733 | 475 |
83 WILLIAM WARBURTON notes on Shakespeare 1733 | 529 |
A SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY | 539 |
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