{"product_id":"characters-of-shakespeares-plays-paperback-9781108005296","title":"Characters of Shakespeare's Plays (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108005296","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCharacters of Shakespeare's Plays\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn edition of Hazlitt's critical study with notes.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWilliam Hazlitt (Author), J. H. Lobban (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108005296, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 20 July 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e312 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.8 cm, 0.4 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe critic, essayist and painter William Hazlitt (1778–1830) published and lectured widely on English literature, from Elizabethan drama to reviews of the latest work of his own time. His first extended work of literary criticism was Characters of Shakespeare's Plays, published in 1817. This volume from 1908 takes the text of the first edition and adds notes explaining complex terms to readers and an introduction by J. H. Lobban, a lecturer in English at Birkbeck College. As such it is the ideal introduction to Hazlitt's criticism. Hazlitt's political view of Shakespeare drew the ire of the Tory Quarterly review, whose hostile review destroyed sales of the second edition. The work remains of value, however, both as a contribution to the study of Shakespeare and, as with all of Hazlitt's prose, as a model of an elegant, persuasive essay.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Cymbeline\u003cbr\u003e 2. Macbeth\u003cbr\u003e 3. Julius Caesar\u003cbr\u003e 4. Othello\u003cbr\u003e 5. Timon of Athens\u003cbr\u003e 6. Coriolanus\u003cbr\u003e 7. Troilus and Cressida\u003cbr\u003e 8. Antony and Cleopatra\u003cbr\u003e 9. Hamlet\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Tempest\u003cbr\u003e 11. A Midsummer Night's Dream\u003cbr\u003e 12. Romeo and Juliet\u003cbr\u003e 13. King Lear\u003cbr\u003e 14. Richard II\u003cbr\u003e 15. Henry IV\u003cbr\u003e 16. Henry V\u003cbr\u003e 17. Henry VI\u003cbr\u003e 18. Richard III\u003cbr\u003e 19. Henry VIII\u003cbr\u003e 20. King John\u003cbr\u003e 21. Twelfth Night\u003cbr\u003e or, what you will\u003cbr\u003e 22. The Two Gentlemen of Verona\u003cbr\u003e 23. The Merchant of Venice\u003cbr\u003e 24. The Winter's Tale\u003cbr\u003e 25. All's Well That Ends Well\u003cbr\u003e 26. Love's Labour's Lost\u003cbr\u003e 27. Much Ado About Nothing\u003cbr\u003e 28. As You Like It\u003cbr\u003e 29. The Taming of the Shrew\u003cbr\u003e 30. Measure for Measure\u003cbr\u003e 31. The Merry Wives of Windsor\u003cbr\u003e 32. The Comedy of Errors\u003cbr\u003e 33. Doubtful plays of Shakespeare\u003cbr\u003e 34. Poems and Sonnets.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005425111320,"sku":"9781108005296","price":26.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108005296i.jpg?v=1694867257","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/characters-of-shakespeares-plays-paperback-9781108005296","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}