Notes on Shakespeare - Lectures by Coleridge (eBook)

Coleridge helped usher in a revival of interest in Shakespeare's plays and poetry through his lectures at the time. Highly recommended for students with an interest in Shakespeare or Coleridge's work.

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) was an English poet, theologian, literary critic, philosopher, and co-founder of the English Romantic Movement. He was also a member of the famous Lake Poets, together with William Wordsworth and Robert Southey. Coleridge had a significant influence on the the work of Ralph Waldo Emerson and American Transcendentalism in general, and played an important role in bringing German idealist philosophy to the English-speaking world. He was also an influential critic, garnering particular esteem for his critical work regarding William Shakespeare, which helped usher in a revival of interest in Shakespeare's plays and poetry. This volume contains a collection of Coleridge's lectures on Shakespeare, which he delivered up and down the country. Highly recommended for students and others with an interest in Shakespeare or Coleridge's work. Contents include: "e;Greek Drama"e;, "e;Progress of the Drama"e;, "e;The Drama Generally, and Public Taste"e;, "e;Shakespeare, a Poet Generally"e;, "e;Shakespeare's Judgment Equal to his Genius"e;, "e;Recapitulation, and Summary of the Characteristics of Shakespeare's Dramas"e;, "e;Outline of an Introductory Lecture upon Shakespeare"e;, "e;Order of Shakespeare's Plays"e;, "e;Notes on the 'Tempest'"e;, "e;'Love's Labour's Lost'"e;, "e;'Midsummer Night's Dream'"e;, "e;'Comedy of Errors'"e;, "e;'As You Like It'"e;, "e;'Twelfth Night'"e;, "e;'All's Well that Ends Well'"e;, etc.