What all things & writers to focus upon shakespeare criticism ?

Coleridge commnented that Shakespeare as a poet and philosopher is masked by his greatness as a dramatist. he didn't say he was a better poet. NOBAKOV claimed it

Coleridge commnented that Shakespeare as a poet and philosopher is masked by his greatness as a dramatist. he didn't say he was a better poet. NOBAKOV claimed it

also if you have time try to have some knowledge of stephen orgel's book IMPERSONATIONS dealing with cross dressing in Renaissance theatre especially that of Shakespeare

Feminist critics of William Shakespeare of the late 20th and early 21st centuries included, among many others, Lynda Boose, Lisa Jardine, Gail Paster, Jean Howard, Karen Newman, Ca...

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Alan sinfield is also a significant new historicist Shakespearean critic

New historicists especially focus on Renaissance and Shakespearean Criticism. Stephen Greenblatt RENAISSANCE SELF FASHIONING , others being Jonathan Dollimore Radical tragedy. and...

in 20th century. A. C. BRADLEY Shakespearean Tragedy 1904 is an iconic book. many other critics wrote on him Eliot, Frye, Ernest Jones, F. R. leavis.

Shakespeare Criticism started from BEN JONSON who heavily praised him. then comes to important works - Johnson's Preface to Shakespeare and Dryden's Of Dramatic POESY. Romantics ca...