William Shakespeare: The Critical Heritage Volume 1 1623-1692
by Vickers,Brian; Vickers,BrianEdition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1996-03-05
Publisher(s): Routledge
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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. This title available in eBook format. Click here for more information . Visit our eBookstore at: www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk .
Table of Contents
| General Editor's Preface | p. vii |
| Preface | p. xi |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Note on the Text | p. 21 |
| Ben Jonson on Shakespeare | p. 23 |
| Leonard Digges, Commendatory Verses | p. 27 |
| Samuel Pepys on Shakespeare in the Theatre | p. 30 |
| Sir William D'Avenant, from His Adaptation of Measure for Measure with Much Ado | p. 33 |
| Margaret Cavendish on Shakespeare's Wit | p. 42 |
| Richard Flecknoe, from a Short Discourse of the English Stage | p. 45 |
| Sir William D'Avenant, from His Adaptation of Macbeth | p. 47 |
| Sir William D'Avenant and John Dryden, from Their Adaptation of the Tempest | p. 76 |
| John Dryden?, Prologue to Julius Caesar | p. 141 |
| Thomas Shadwell?, from the Operatic Version of the Tempest | p. 153 |
| John Dryden, from All for Love | p. 163 |
| Thomas Rymer, from the Tragedies of the Last Age | p. 186 |
| Thomas Shadwell, from His Adaptation of Timon of Athens | p. 204 |
| John Dryden, from His Adaptation of Troilus and Cressida | p. 249 |
| Thomas Otway, from His Adaptation of Romeo and Juliet | p. 295 |
| Nahum Tate, from His Adaptation of Richard II | p. 321 |
| Nahum Tate, from His Adaptation of King Lear | p. 344 |
| Thomas D'Urfey, from His Adaptation of Cymbeline | p. 407 |
| Robert Gould, from the Play-House: a Satyr | p. 414 |
| Gerard Langbaine, from an Account of the English Dramatick Poets | p. 417 |
| Elkanah Settle?, from the Operatic Adaptation of a Midsummer Night's Dream | p. 424 |
| A Select Bibliography of Shakespeare Criticism, to 1692 | p. 441 |
| Index | p. 445 |
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