Richard Farmer is remembered as the author of An Essay on the Learning of Shakespeare and as the gregarious Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. The extent of his contribution to Shakespearean studies has not, however, been previously recognized.
This work is a companion piece to Sherbo's Birth of Shakespeare Studies: Commentators from Rowe (1709) to Boswell-Malone (1821). The contributions of seven men to the commentary on Shakespeare's plays and poems have been largely ignored or forgotten. As a result, modern editors of Shakespeare's works have claimed for themselves information and ...
This volume adds some 130 new writers and works to Joseph Epps Brown's Critical Opinions of Samuel Johnson, as well as a large body of critical opinions on the plays of Shakespeare. The further critical opinions serve to illustrate Johnson's critical theories and vocabularies, his likes and dislikes, and the books he used.
Samuel Johnson was a well-known literary figure in England. Johnson was an author, lexicographer, biographer and critic. Johnson has been quoted more often than any other English author with the exception of Shakespeare. Much of Johnson's fame is attributed to the biography done by Boswell. The biography centers on the latter part of Johnson's ...
"Gentlemen's Magazine", begun in 1731, soon featured a section devoted to letters from various correspondents on many subjects. This volume includes these letters from the period 1751-1811 and covers numerous topics, including: literary criticism, theatrical data and bibliographic material.
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