This collection gathers Coleridge's critical notes and lectures on Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher. It discusses poetry, Greek drama, the development of drama, public taste, and offers notes on many Shakespeare plays. Worth listening for its influential Romantic criticism and close attention to dramatic art.
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Shakespeare Ben Jonson Beaumont And Fletcher Notes and Lectures by S. T. Coleridge New Edition Liverpool Edward Howell MDCCCLXXIV
Contents Shakespeare Definition Of Poetry. Greek Drama. Progress Of The Drama. The Drama Generally, And Public Taste. Shakespeare, A Poet Generally. Shakespeare's Judgment equal to his Genius. Recapitulation, And Summary Of the Characteristics of Shakespeare's Dramas. Outline Of An Introductory Lecture Upon Shakespeare. Order Of Shakespeare's Plays. Notes On The “Tempest.” “Love's Labour's Lost.” “Midsummer Night's Dream.” “Comedy Of Errors.” “As You Like It.” “Twelfth Night.” “All's Well That Ends Well.” “Merry Wives Of Windsor.” “Measure For Measure.” “Cymbeline.” “Titus Andronicus.” “Troilus And Cressida.” “Coriolanus.” “Julius Cæsar.” “Antony And Cleopatra.” “Timon Of Athens.” “Romeo And Juliet.” Shakespeare's English Historical Plays. “King John.”
“Richard II.” “Henry IV.—Part I.” “Henry IV.—Part II.” “Henry V.” “Henry VI.—Part I.” “Richard III.” “Lear.” “Hamlet.” “Macbeth.” “Winter's Tale.” “Othello.” Notes on Ben Jonson. Whalley's Preface. “Whalley's ‘Life Of Jonson.’ ” “Every Man Out Of His Humour.” “Poetaster.” “Fall Of Sejanus.” “Volpone.” “Apicæne.” “The Alchemist.” “Catiline's Conspiracy.” “Bartholomew Fair.” “The Devil Is An Ass.” “The Staple Of News.” “The New Inn.” Notes On Beaumont And Fletcher. Harris's Commendatory Poem On Fletcher. Life Of Fletcher In Stockdale's Edition, 1811. “Maid's Tragedy.” “A King And No King.” “The Scornful Lady.” “The Custom Of The Country.” “The Elder Brother.” “The Spanish Curate.” “Wit Without Money.” “The Humorous Lieutenant.” “The Mad Lover.” “The Loyal Subject.” “Rule A Wife And Have A Wife.” “The Laws Of Candy.”
“The Little French Lawyer.” “Valentinian.” “Rollo.” “The Wildgoose Chase.” “A Wife For A Month.” “The Pilgrim.” “The Queen Of Corinth.” “The Noble Gentleman.” “The Coronation.” “Wit At Several Weapons.” “The Fair Maid Of The Inn.” “The Two Noble Kinsmen.” “The Woman Hater.”
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