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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... manner by a reference to each play. A gentleman of the name of Mason, [Footnote: Hazlitt is here mistaken. The work to which he alludes, 'Remarks on some of the Characters of Shakespeare, by the Author of Observations on Modern ...
... manner by a reference to each play. A gentleman of the name of Mason, [Footnote: Hazlitt is here mistaken. The work to which he alludes, 'Remarks on some of the Characters of Shakespeare, by the Author of Observations on Modern ...
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... manner in which the German critic has executed this part of his design, were in avoiding an appearance of mysticism in his style, not very attractive to the English reader, and in bringing illustrations from particular passages of the ...
... manner in which the German critic has executed this part of his design, were in avoiding an appearance of mysticism in his style, not very attractive to the English reader, and in bringing illustrations from particular passages of the ...
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... manner, the gradual progress from the first origin. "He gives", as Lessing says, "a living picture of all the most minute and secret artifices by which a feeling steals into our souls; of all the imperceptible advantages which it there ...
... manner, the gradual progress from the first origin. "He gives", as Lessing says, "a living picture of all the most minute and secret artifices by which a feeling steals into our souls; of all the imperceptible advantages which it there ...
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... manner as from real cases. 'And yet Johnson has objected to Shakespeare, that his pathos is not always natural and free from affectation. There are, it is true, passages, though, comparatively speaking, very few, where his poetry ...
... manner as from real cases. 'And yet Johnson has objected to Shakespeare, that his pathos is not always natural and free from affectation. There are, it is true, passages, though, comparatively speaking, very few, where his poetry ...
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... manner.' Vol. ii, p. 145. We have the rather availed ourselves of this testimony of a foreign critic in behalf of Shakespeare, because our own countryman, Dr. Johnson, has not been so favourable to him. It may be said of Shakespeare ...
... manner.' Vol. ii, p. 145. We have the rather availed ourselves of this testimony of a foreign critic in behalf of Shakespeare, because our own countryman, Dr. Johnson, has not been so favourable to him. It may be said of Shakespeare ...
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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