general editorâs preface
preface
introduction
1. thomas davies, on Steevensâs and Maloneâs editions and various 18th century theatrical performances, 1784
2. william richardson, a philosophical analysis of Hamletâs character, 1784
3. walter whiter, on Hamletâs melancholic disposition, 1794
4. johann wolfgang von goethe, Hamletâs character as analogue for Wilheim Meisterâs own disenchantment, 1797
5 lord john chedworth, Glosses and personal annotation of early variorum editions (Johnson, Steevens, Malone), 1805
6 e.h. seymour, on collations of various passages from quartos as a means of making the âbrightness of Shakespeareâs genius still more conspicuousâ, 1805
7 francis douce, on the historical, cultural analogues and âanachronismsâ of the play, 1807
8 henry james pye, various commentary notes, 1807
9 john monck mason, various commentary on variorum editions, 1807
10 august wilhelm von schlegel, on Hamletâs unheroic predisposition, 1808
11 samuel taylor coleridge, on Hamletâs âunpractical beingâ and similarity with Wilhelm Meister, 1810
12 charles lamb, on the difficulty of representing theatrically Hamletâs âsolitary musingsâ, 1811
13 samuel taylor coleridge, on Hamletâs âirresolutenessâ of his revenge in Act 3, 1812
14 samuel taylor coleridge, Hamletâs use of âtrivial objects and familiar circumstancesâ, 1813
15 william hazlitt, on Edmund Keanâs rehearsal of Hamletâs âundulating linesâ, 1814
16 andrew becket, on the importance of collation and conjecture in determining Shakespeareâs meaning, 1815
17 william hazlitt, on the complexity of Hamletâs characters, with passing reference to Kemble and Keanâs flawed performances, 1817
18 samuel taylor coleridge, and Hamletâs âflyingâ from reality, 1818
19 t[homas] c[ampbell] [john wilson] âLetters on Shakspeare â" No. 1. â" Hamlet.â, 1818
20 samuel taylor coleridge, Hamlet and the development of his âphilosophical criticismâ, 1819
21 zachary jackson, presenting 700 passages needing penetration and restoration, 1819
22 anon. âObservations on Mr. Campbellâs Essay on English Poetryâ, 1819
23 samuel taylor coleridge, and the âeasy language of common lifeâ in Hamlet, 1819
24 samuel taylor coleridge, on Hamlet Act 1, 1819
25 samuel taylor coleridge, miscellaneous manuscript notes, 1819
26 augustine skottowe, various observations on scenes, 1824
27 samuel weller singer, and the dating of Hamlet, 1826
28 hartley coleridge, on the complexity of reading Hamletâs character, 1828
29 george farren, an appendix on mania and melancholy in Hamlet and Ophelia, 1829
30 thomas caldecott, a defense of Hamletâs behavior as a means of enacting revenge, 1832
31 james boaden, a memoir of Garrickâs Hamlet, 1832
32 anna jameson, Ophelia, âthe snowflake dissolved in airâ, 1832
33 nathan drake, Hamletâs reticence to revenge, 1838
34 thomas carlyle, Shakespeare: Priest of Mankind, 1840
35 alexander dyce, a critique of Collierâs 1841 and Knightâs 1842 editions, 1844
36 joseph hunter, Shakespearean variants, 1845
37 henry n. hudson, the âuniversalityâ of Hamletâs character, 1848
38 edward strachey, Hamlet as a âmanâ and the âtriumphâ of his revenge, 1848
39 samuel weller singer, âthe meaning of âDrink Up Eisellâ in Hamlet.â 1850
40 nicolaus delius, selected commentary notes, 1854
41 rev. arthur ramsay, and the âmystery of humanityâ, 1856
42 henry hope reed, on Hamletâs âmeditative mindâ, 1856
43 william maginn, on Polonius as âceremonious courtierâ, 1856
44 william rushton, on Shakespeareâs legal acumen, 1859
45 ivan turgenev,on the âturbulent seaâ and the âdeep flowing tranquilityâ, 1860
46 charles cowden clarke and the âshroudingâ of Hamletâs revenge, 1863
47 georg gottfried gervinus, the âconscientiousâ Hamlet, 1863
48 b[rinsley] nicholson, Shakespeare and âsour and stale beerâ, 1864
49 james henry hackett, reviews of contemporary âHamletsâ, 1864
50 victor hugo , Hamlet and âhesitationâ, 1864
51 albert cohn, the German âHamletâ, 1865
52 samuel bailey, on the empirical Shakespeare, 1866
53 john bucknill, âOphelia, so simple, so beautiful, so pitifulâ, 1867
54 thomas keightley, on individual passages, 1867
55 benno tschischwitz, on Brunoâs atomistic philosophy and Hamlet, 1867
56 benno tschischwitz, on Shakespeareâs philosophy and Giordano Brunoâs influence, 1869
57 p[eter] a[ugustin] daniel, notes and conjectures, 1870
58 george miles, A Review of ââHamletâ. 1870
59 r[obert] g[ordon] latham, the âhopelessnessâ of Hamletâs pre-cursors, 1872
60 mary cowden clarke, on Opheliaâs youth, 1873
61 karl elze, the French Hamlet, 1874
62 edward dowden, and mystery, the âbaffling, vital obscurity of the playâ, 1875
63 [francis] frank a[lbert] marshall, âthe early lifeâ of Hamlet, 1875
64 hermann ulrici, Hamletâs âdouble contradictionâ, 1876
65 john bulloch, and the Globe edition emendations, 1878
66 j. o. halliwell-phillipps , on Hamletâs âsingular determinationâ, 1879
67 charles cowden clarke and mary cowden clarke, âunlocking the treasures of his styleâ, 1879
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