The Collected Critical Heritage I: William Shakespeare: The Critical Heritage Volume 5 1765-1774 (the Collected Critical Heritage : William Shakespeare) (volume 66)

The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling students and researchers to read for themselves, for example, comments on early performances of Shakespeare's plays, or reactions to the first publication of Jane Austen's novels. The carefully selected sources range from landmark essays in the history of criticism to journalism and contemporary opinion, and little published documentary material such as letters and diaries. Significant pieces of criticism from later periods are also included, in order to demonstrate the fluctuations in an author's reputation. Each volume contains an introduction to the writer's published works, a selected bibliography, and an index of works, authors and subjects.The Collected Critical Heritage set will be available as a set of 68 volumes and the series will also be available in mini sets selected by period (in slipcase boxes) and as individual volumes. Book Cover......Page 1 Half-Title......Page 2 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Dedication......Page 6 General Editor's Preface......Page 8 Contents......Page 9 Preface......Page 11 Introduction......Page 15 Note on the Text......Page 52 205. Samuel Johnson, Edition of Shakespeare 1765......Page 53 206. George Colman, Johnson’s Edition Reviewed 1765......Page 141 207. William Kenrick, Johnson Attacked 1765......Page 145 208. William Guthrie, Johnson Reviewed 1765–6......Page 167 209. James Barclay, Johnson Defended 1766......Page 181 210. Thomas Tyrwhitt, on Editing Shakespeare 1766......Page 186 211. George Steevens, on Shakespearian Scholarship 1766......Page 191 212. George Steevens, Proposals for a New Edition of Shakespeare 1766......Page 196 213. Richard Hurd, Shakespeare’s Pastorals 1766......Page 200 214. Richard Farmer, Shakespeare’s Lack of Classical Learning 1767......Page 203 215. William Guthrie, Farmer Reviewed 1767......Page 220 216. T.W., on Three Shakespearian Tragedies 1767......Page 223 217. George Colman, Farmer Criticized 1768......Page 230 218. George Colman, King Lear Partly Restored 1768......Page 233 219. Richard Warner, Shakespeare’s Language 1768......Page 235 220. Edward Capell, Introduction to Shakespeare 1768......Page 241 221. Elizabeth Montagu, Shakespeare’s Genius 1769......Page 259 222. David Garrick, Jubilee Ode to Shakespeare 1769......Page 270 223. Unsigned oration, In honour of Shakespeare 1769......Page 282 224. Unsigned essay, on the Deficiencies of English Drama 1769......Page 286 225. Charles Jennens, on Editing King Lear 1770......Page 288 226. William Duff, Shakespeare’s Genius 1770......Page 291 227. Francis Gentleman, Shakespeare the Dramatist 1770......Page 296 228. Paul Hiffernan, Idolizing Shakespeare 1770......Page 321 229. Edward Burnaby Greene, Rhetoric in Shakespeare 1770......Page 327 230. John Armstrong, Shakespeare and the Unities 1770......Page 330 231. J.R., Ode to Shakespeare 1771......Page 331 232. Richard Cumberland, Adaptation of Timon of Athens 1771......Page 334 233. John Potter, Shakespeare in the Theatre 1771–2......Page 342 234. George Steevens, Shakespeare in the Theatre 1771–2......Page 351 235. George Steevens, Advice to Garrick on Adapting Hamlet 1771......Page 360 236. David Garrick, Adaptation of Hamlet 1772......Page 364 237. Various writers, Garrick’s Hamlet Reviewed 1772–3......Page 370 238. George Steevens, Shakespeare in the Theatre 1772–3......Page 386 239. Tate Wilkinson, Adaptation of Hamlet 1773......Page 399 240. George Steevens and Samuel Johnson, edition of Shakespeare 1773......Page 405 241. Thomas Hawkins, English Drama Before Shakespeare 1773......Page 436 242. Edward Capell, Notes on Shakespeare 1774......Page 439 A Select Bibliography of Shakespeare Criticism 1765–74......Page 442 Index......Page 444 First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.