Johnson's Shakespeare

by G.F. Parker

Book Overview

Challenging the long-held view that Johnson's criticism of Shakespeare is of historical interest only, having been assimilated and superseded by later work, this study argues that Johnson's interpretation of Shakespeare as "the poet of nature" is actually a radical and provocative proposition. Parker provides an illuminating series of contrasts of the leading Romantic critics--Coleridge, Schlegel, and Hazlitt--arguing that the dichotomies that emerge...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198112718
• ISBN13: 9780198112716
• Release Date: September 1991
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.6"