Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher by S. T. Coleridge This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at http://www.guten- berg.org/license Title: Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher Author: S. T. Coleridge Release Date: May 24, 2008 [Ebook 25585] Language: English ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SHAKESPEARE, BEN JONSON, BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER*** Shakespeare Ben Jonson Beaumont And Fletcher Notes and Lectures by S. T. Coleridge New Edition Liverpool Edward Howell MDCCCLXXIV Contents Shakespeare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Definition Of Poetry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Greek Drama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Progress Of The Drama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 The Drama Generally, And Public Taste. . . . . . . . . 27 Shakespeare, A Poet Generally. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Shakespeare's Judgment equal to his Genius. . . . . . . 43 Recapitulation, And Summary Of the Characteristics of Shakespeare's Dramas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Outline Of An Introductory Lecture Upon Shakespeare. 59 Order Of Plays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Notes On The “Tempest.” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 “Love's Labour's Lost.” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 “Midsummer Night's Dream.