Characters of Shakespeare's Plays

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Good Press, Nov 21, 2019 - Fiction - 293 pages
"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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INTRODUCTION
TO CHARLES LAMB
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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