Author: Samuel JohnsonPublisher: Scolar Press
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Preface to Shakespeare's Plays, 1765
Author: Samuel JohnsonPublisher: Scolar Press
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Preface
Author: William ShakespearePreface to Shakespeare
Author: Samuel JohnsonPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3732694674
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 61
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: Preface to Shakespeare by Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson on Shakespeare
Author: Edward TomarkenPublisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820333867
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Since the first appearance of Samuel Johnson's edition of Shakespeare's drama in 1765, its Preface has often been published separately, while the Notes have been treated as miscellaneous and fragmentary. As a result, few modern readers realize that the Notes in fact contain coherent interpretations of most of the plays and that many portions of the Preface are generalizations related to those readings. Scholars who have examined the Notes carefully have almost always used them in studies of larger issues, such as Johnson's morality or rhetoric. In this book, Edward Tomarken provides the first full-length study of the Notes to Shakespeare, showing how they raise issues of direct concern to modern critics and theoreticians. While referring to Johnson's notes on all the Shakespearean dramas, Tomarken focuses on eight plays--Henry IV, Troilus and Cressida, Twelfth Night, The Taming of the Shrew, King Lear, The Tempest, Hamlet, and Macbeth--to demonstrate the range of Johnson's editorial and critical abilities. Each chapter, devoted to a single play, moves from the particular to the general-from specific remarks about the play in the Notes, to related theoretical statements in the Preface, and finally to an axiom of literary theory. Ranging from a formulation concerning ideology in criticism to a reconsideration of aesthetic empathy, these axioms are, Tomarken contends, essential to literary criticism as a discipline and manifest Johnson's relevance to modern criticism. The conception of criticism that emerges in this book goes well beyond the theoretical premises of the eighteenth century. Tomarken submits that the ethical dimension of criticism-the moral aspect so fundamental to Johnson but so foreign to modern critics-can point to a way of mediating between the ideological differences that have become so divisive in modern criticism and theory.
The Plays of William Shakspeare. ....
Author: William ShakespeareThe Tragedy of Titus Andronicus
Author: William ShakespearePublisher: BoD - Books on Demand
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
"The Tragedy of Titus Andronicus" by William Shakespeare is a gripping and intense drama that explores themes of revenge, betrayal, and the destructive consequences of violence. Set in ancient Rome, the play follows the tragic downfall of the noble general Titus Andronicus and his family as they become embroiled in a cycle of vengeance and bloodshed. At the heart of the story is the brutal conflict between Titus Andronicus and Tamora, Queen of the Goths, whose sons are executed by Titus as retribution for their crimes. In retaliation, Tamora and her lover, Aaron the Moor, orchestrate a series of heinous acts of revenge against Titus and his family, plunging them into a spiral of madness and despair. As the body count rises and the atrocities escalate, Titus is consumed by grief and rage, leading to a climactic showdown that culminates in a shocking and tragic conclusion. Along the way, Shakespeare explores themes of honor, justice, and the nature of humanity, offering a searing indictment of the cycle of violence and the capacity for cruelty that lies within us all.
Johnson on Shakespeare
Author: Samuel JohnsonShakespeare in the Eighteenth Century
Author: Fiona RitchiePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521898609
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 469
Book Description
This book examines Shakespeare's influence and popularity in all aspects of eighteenth-century literature, culture and society.
Plays
Author: William ShakespeareShakespeare's Beehive
Author: George KoppelmanPublisher: Axletree Books
ISBN: 0692500324
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 407
Book Description
A study of manuscript annotations in a curious copy of John Baret's ALVEARIE, an Elizabethan dictionary published in 1580. This revised and expanded second edition presents new evidence and furthers the argument that the annotations were written by William Shakespeare. This ebook contains text in color, and images. We recommend reading it on a device that displays both.