William Shakespeare: The Critical Heritage, Volume 1

Brian Vickers

Psychology Press, 1995 - Literary Criticism - 460 pages

The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling students and researchers to read for themselves, for example, comments on early performances of Shakespeare's plays, or reactions to the first publication of Jane Austen's novels. The selected sources range from important essays in the history of criticism to journalism and contemporary opinion, and documentary material such as letters and diaries. Significant pieces of criticism from later periods are also included, in order to demonstrate the fluctuations in an author's reputation. Each volume contains an introduction to the writer's published works, a selected bibliography, and an index of works, authors and subjects. The Critical Heritage is available as a set of 67 volumes, as mini-sets selected by period (in slipcase boxes) or as individual volumes.

About the author

Brian Vickers is the author of "Francis Bacon and Renaissance Prose, The Artistry of Shakespeare's Prose, In Defence of Rhetoric, Towards Greek Tragedy, "and "Shakespeare: " ""Coriolanus.""

Bibliographic information

• Title: William Shakespeare: The Critical Heritage, Volume 1; Critical heritage series; The Collected Critical Heritage : William Shakespeare; Volume 1 of William Shakespeare, Brian Vickers; William Shakespeare: The Critical Heritage, Brian Vickers
• Editor: Brian Vickers
• Edition: illustrated, reprint, revised
• Publisher: Psychology Press, 1995
• ISBN: 0415134048, 9780415134040
• Length: 460 pages
• Subjects: Literary Criticism / Shakespeare