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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... human heart , and as if that prayer might have floated in solemn silence through the universe .... The preacher then launched into his subject , like an eagle dallying with the wind . Coleridge visited Wem , walked and talked with young ...
... human heart , and as if that prayer might have floated in solemn silence through the universe .... The preacher then launched into his subject , like an eagle dallying with the wind . Coleridge visited Wem , walked and talked with young ...
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... Human Action: Being an Argu-ment in favour of the Natural Disinterestedness of the Human Mind. Meantime, however—the ministry having been renounced—the question of a vocation became more and more urgent, and after long indecision ...
... Human Action: Being an Argu-ment in favour of the Natural Disinterestedness of the Human Mind. Meantime, however—the ministry having been renounced—the question of a vocation became more and more urgent, and after long indecision ...
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... Human Action ( 1805 ) had fallen , as the saying is , stillborn from the press : Free Thoughts on Public Affairs ( 1806 ) had earned for the author many enemies but few readers : and a treatise attacking Malthus's theory of population ...
... Human Action ( 1805 ) had fallen , as the saying is , stillborn from the press : Free Thoughts on Public Affairs ( 1806 ) had earned for the author many enemies but few readers : and a treatise attacking Malthus's theory of population ...
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... the Characters that , ' although it professes to be dramatic criticism , it is in reality a discourse on the philosophy of life and human nature , more suggestive than many approved treatises expressly devoted to that subject'. Well, for.
... the Characters that , ' although it professes to be dramatic criticism , it is in reality a discourse on the philosophy of life and human nature , more suggestive than many approved treatises expressly devoted to that subject'. Well, for.
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... human characters have not only such depth and precision that they cannot be arranged under classes, and are inexhaustible, even in conception:—no—this Prometheus not merely forms men, he opens the gates of the magical world of spirits ...
... human characters have not only such depth and precision that they cannot be arranged under classes, and are inexhaustible, even in conception:—no—this Prometheus not merely forms men, he opens the gates of the magical world of spirits ...
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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