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Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) was an English poet, theologian, literary critic, philosopher, and co-founder of the English Romantic Movement. He was also a member of the famous Lake Poets, together with William Wordsworth and Robert Southey. Coleridge had a significant influence on the the work of Ralph Waldo Emerson and American Transcendentalism in general, and played an important role in bringing German idealist philosophy to the English-speaking world. He was also an influential critic, garnering particular esteem for his critical work regarding William Shakespeare, which helped usher in a revival of interest in Shakespeare’s plays and poetry. This volume contains a collection of Coleridge’s lectures on Shakespeare, which he delivered up and down the country. Highly recommended for students and others with an interest in Shakespeare or Coleridge’s work. Contents include: Greek Drama , Progress of the Drama , The Drama Generally, and Public Taste , Shakespeare, a Poet Generally , Shakespeare’s Judgment Equal to his Genius , Recapitulation, and Summary of the Characteristics of Shakespeare’s Dramas , Outline of an Introductory Lecture upon Shakespeare , Order of Shakespeare’s Plays , Notes on the ‘Tempest’ , ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’ , ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ , ‘Comedy of Errors’ , ‘As You Like It’ , ‘Twelfth Night’ , ‘All’s Well that Ends Well’ , etc.
