Characters of Shakespeare's Plays"Characters of Shakespeare's Plays" by William Hazlitt is a book of criticism of Shakespeare's plays. It paved the way for the increased appreciation of Shakespeare's genius that was characteristic of later nineteenth-century criticism. It was also the first book to cover all of Shakespeare's plays, intended as a guide for the general reader. The center of attention is in large part on the characters, described often with a personal slant and using memorable expressions, and incorporating psychological insights that were to become highly influential in later criticism. |
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... give a historical overview of old cookbooks and cuisine. Contents: "The Early Englishman and His Food Royal Feasts and Savage Pomp Cookery Books, part 1 Cookery Books, part 2, Select Extracts from an Early Receipt- Book Cookery Books ...
... give a historical overview of old cookbooks and cuisine. Contents: "The Early Englishman and His Food Royal Feasts and Savage Pomp Cookery Books, part 1 Cookery Books, part 2, Select Extracts from an Early Receipt- Book Cookery Books ...
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... give an account of his disappointment when the round-faced man in black entered, and dissipated all doubts on the subject by beginning to talk. He did not cease while he stayed; nor has he since. Of his meeting with Coleridge, and of ...
... give an account of his disappointment when the round-faced man in black entered, and dissipated all doubts on the subject by beginning to talk. He did not cease while he stayed; nor has he since. Of his meeting with Coleridge, and of ...
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... give the reader , as with a jerk , the sensation that Hazlitt has , of his rashness , invited that which suddenly throws him up in the air to kick the beam : that he has provoked a comparison which exhibits his own performance as clever ...
... give the reader , as with a jerk , the sensation that Hazlitt has , of his rashness , invited that which suddenly throws him up in the air to kick the beam : that he has provoked a comparison which exhibits his own performance as clever ...
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... gives the scent on which nowadays the main pack of students is pursuing. No one not a fool can read Johnson's notes on Shakespeare without respect or fail to turn to them again with an increased trust in his common-sense, as no one not ...
... gives the scent on which nowadays the main pack of students is pursuing. No one not a fool can read Johnson's notes on Shakespeare without respect or fail to turn to them again with an increased trust in his common-sense, as no one not ...
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... give by far the best account of the plays of Shakespeare that has hitherto appeared. The only circumstances in which it was thought not impossible to improve on the manner in which the German critic has executed this part of his design ...
... give by far the best account of the plays of Shakespeare that has hitherto appeared. The only circumstances in which it was thought not impossible to improve on the manner in which the German critic has executed this part of his design ...
Contents
CYMBELINE | |
JULIUS CASESAR | |
OTHELLO | |
TIMON OF ATHENS | |
TROILUS AND CRESSIDA | |
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA | |
LEAR | |
RICHARD II | |
HENRY IV | |
HENRY VI | |
RICHARD III | |
HENRY VIII | |
TWELFTH NIGHT OR WHAT YOU WILL | |
THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA | |
HAMLET | |
THE TEMPEST | |
THE MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM | |
ROMEO AND JULIET | |
THE WINTERS TALE | |
ALLS WELL THAT ENDS WELL | |
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING | |
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