Shakespearean Tragedy

About this eBook

Author

Bradley, A. C. (Andrew Cecil), 1851-1935

Title

Shakespearean Tragedy: Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth

Credits

Produced by Suzanne Shell, Lisa Reigel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Tragedies

Category

Text

eBook-No.

16966

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16966

Release Date

October 30, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.SHAKESPEAREAN TRAGEDY — SHAKESPEAREAN TRAGEDY
2. 2.A.C. BRADLEY — LL.D. LITT.D., FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF POETRY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.NOTE TO SECOND AND SUBSEQUENT IMPRESSIONS
5. 5.CONTENTS
6. 6.INTRODUCTION
7. 7.LECTURE I — THE SUBSTANCE OF SHAKESPEAREAN TRAGEDY — 1 — 2 — 3 — 4 — 5
8. 8.LECTURE II — CONSTRUCTION IN SHAKESPEARE'S TRAGEDIES — 1 — 2 — 3 — 4
9. 9.LECTURE III — SHAKESPEARE'S TRAGIC PERIOD—HAMLET — 1 — 2 — 3 — 4
10. 10.LECTURE IV — HAMLET — 1 — 2 — 3 — 4 — 5
11. 11.LECTURE V — OTHELLO — 1 — 2 — 3
12. 12.LECTURE VI — OTHELLO — 1 — 2 — 3 — 4 — 5 — 6
13. 13.LECTURE VII — KING LEAR — 1 — 2 — 3
14. 14.LECTURE VIII — KING LEAR — 1 — 2 — 3 — 4 — 5
15. 15.LECTURE IX — MACBETH — 1 — 2 — 3
16. 16.LECTURE X — MACBETH — 1 — 2 — 3 — 4 — 5
17. 17.NOTE A. — EVENTS BEFORE THE OPENING OF THE ACTION IN HAMLET .
18. 18.NOTE B. — WHERE WAS HAMLET AT THE TIME OF HIS FATHER'S DEATH?
19. 19.NOTE C. — HAMLET'S AGE.
20. 20.NOTE D. — 'MY TABLES—MEET IT IS I SET IT DOWN.'
21. 21.NOTE E. — THE GHOST IN THE CELLARAGE.
22. 22.NOTE F. — THE PLAYER'S SPEECH IN HAMLET .
23. 23.NOTE G. — HAMLET'S APOLOGY TO LAERTES.
24. 24.NOTE H. — THE EXCHANGE OF RAPIERS.
25. 25.NOTE I. — THE DURATION OF THE ACTION IN OTHELLO .
26. 26.NOTE J. — THE 'ADDITIONS' TO OTHELLO IN THE FIRST FOLIO. THE PONTIC SEA.
27. 27.NOTE K. — OTHELLO'S COURTSHIP.
28. 28.NOTE L. — OTHELLO IN THE TEMPTATION SCENE.
29. 29.NOTE M. — QUESTIONS AS TO OTHELLO , Act iv. Scene i.
30. 30.NOTE N. — TWO PASSAGES IN THE LAST SCENE OF OTHELLO .
31. 31.NOTE O. — OTHELLO ON DESDEMONA'S LAST WORDS.
32. 32.NOTE P. — DID EMILIA SUSPECT IAGO?
33. 33.NOTE Q. — IAGO'S SUSPICION REGARDING CASSIO AND EMILIA.
34. 34.NOTE R. — REMINISCENCES OF OTHELLO IN KING LEAR .
35. 35.NOTE S. — KING LEAR AND TIMON OF ATHENS .
36. 36.NOTE T. — DID SHAKESPEARE SHORTEN KING LEAR ?
37. 37.NOTE U. — MOVEMENTS OF THE DRAMATIS PERSONÆ IN ACT II. OF KING LEAR .
38. 38.NOTE V. — SUSPECTED INTERPOLATIONS IN KING LEAR .
39. 39.NOTE W. — THE STAGING OF THE SCENE OF LEAR'S REUNION WITH CORDELIA.
40. 40.NOTE X. — THE BATTLE IN KING LEAR .
41. 41.NOTE Y. — SOME DIFFICULT PASSAGES IN KING LEAR .
42. 42.NOTE Z. — SUSPECTED INTERPOLATIONS IN MACBETH .
43. 43.NOTE AA. — HAS MACBETH BEEN ABRIDGED?
44. 44.NOTE BB. — THE DATE OF MACBETH . METRICAL TESTS.
45. 45.NOTE CC. — WHEN WAS THE MURDER OF DUNCAN FIRST PLOTTED?
46. 46.NOTE DD. — DID LADY MACBETH REALLY FAINT?
47. 47.NOTE EE. — DURATION OF THE ACTION IN MACBETH . MACBETH'S AGE. 'HE HAS NO CHILDREN.'
48. 48.NOTE FF. — THE GHOST OF BANQUO.
49. 49.INDEX — GLASGOW: PRINTED AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS BY ROBERT MACLEHOSE AND CO. LTD. — 8vo. 12s. 6d. net.
50. 50.Oxford Lectures on Poetry — BY — A.C. BRADLEY, LL.D., Litt.D. — MACMILLAN AND CO. Ltd. , LONDON. — Second Edition. Crown 8vo. 5s. 6d. net.
51. 51.A Commentary on Tennyson's 'In Memoriam' — BY — A.C. BRADLEY, LL.D., Litt.D. — MACMILLAN AND CO. Ltd. , LONDON.

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