{"id":6025,"date":"2024-12-15T15:19:42","date_gmt":"2024-12-15T23:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/shakespeare\/?page_id=6025"},"modified":"2025-12-29T19:37:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T03:37:43","slug":"shakespeare-links-criticism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/shakespeare\/shakespeare-links-criticism\/","title":{"rendered":"Shakespeare Links &#8211; Criticism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-buttons uagb-buttons__outer-wrap uagb-btn__default-btn uagb-btn-tablet__default-btn uagb-btn-mobile__default-btn uagb-block-4f6cdd05 uag-hide-mob\"><div class=\"uagb-buttons__wrap uagb-buttons-layout-wrap \">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-buttons-child uagb-buttons__outer-wrap uagb-block-dcba7b2a wp-block-button\"><div class=\"uagb-button__wrapper\"><a class=\"uagb-buttons-repeater wp-block-button__link\" aria-label=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/shakespeare\/\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\"><div class=\"uagb-button__link\">HOME<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-buttons-child uagb-buttons__outer-wrap uagb-block-9ae5aeea wp-block-button\"><div class=\"uagb-button__wrapper\"><a class=\"uagb-buttons-repeater wp-block-button__link\" aria-label=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/shakespeare\/my-olli-courses-at-unlv\/\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\"><div class=\"uagb-button__link\">OLLI<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-buttons-child uagb-buttons__outer-wrap uagb-block-2368e1c6 wp-block-button\"><div class=\"uagb-button__wrapper\"><a class=\"uagb-buttons-repeater wp-block-button__link\" aria-label=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/shakespeare\/shakespeare-questions\/\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\"><div class=\"uagb-button__link\">QUESTIONS<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-buttons-child uagb-buttons__outer-wrap uagb-block-040dd0bb wp-block-button\"><div class=\"uagb-button__wrapper\"><a class=\"uagb-buttons-repeater wp-block-button__link\" aria-label=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/shakespeare\/shakespeare-commentaries\/\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\"><div class=\"uagb-button__link\">COMMENTARIES<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-buttons-child uagb-buttons__outer-wrap uagb-block-57f86fdb wp-block-button\"><div class=\"uagb-button__wrapper\"><a class=\"uagb-buttons-repeater wp-block-button__link\" aria-label=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/shakespeare\/shakespeare-audio\/\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\"><div class=\"uagb-button__link\">AUDIO<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-buttons-child uagb-buttons__outer-wrap uagb-block-1b812369 wp-block-button\"><div class=\"uagb-button__wrapper\"><a class=\"uagb-buttons-repeater wp-block-button__link\" aria-label=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/shakespeare\/shakespeare-guides\/\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\"><div class=\"uagb-button__link\">GUIDES<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-buttons-child uagb-buttons__outer-wrap uagb-block-d5da63d7 wp-block-button\"><div class=\"uagb-button__wrapper\"><a class=\"uagb-buttons-repeater wp-block-button__link\" aria-label=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/shakespeare\/shakespeare-links\/\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\"><div class=\"uagb-button__link\">LINKS<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"return\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/shakespeare\/shakespeare-links\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"3869\">RETURN TO MAIN LINKS PAGE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*Note: This section on Shakespeare criticism from the sixteenth century forward will soon become more extensive, so it will be maintained on this separate page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"#c21-20\">C21-20 English to ~1929<\/a> | <a href=\"#c19-vict\">C19 English ~1830-1901 Victorian<\/a> | <a href=\"#c19-rom\">C19 English ~1789-1829 Romantic<\/a> | <a href=\"#c19-french\">C19 French &amp; German<\/a> | <a href=\"#c18-eng-neo-1788\">C18 English Neoclassical \u2014 1751-1788<\/a> | <a href=\"#c18-eng-neo-1750\">C18 English Neoclassical \u2014 1701-1750<\/a> |  <a href=\"#c18-french\">C18 French &amp; German<\/a> |  <a href=\"#c17-16-eng-ren\">C17-C16 English Renaissance &amp; Restoration<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ad1645cd296956581fc4b3fca9edebf7 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"#return\"><strong>LITERARY CRITICISM RELATED TO SHAKESPEARE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li id=\"c21-20\" style=\"line-height:2\"><strong>C21-C20 Criticism \u2014 to ~1929 + see bibliographies<\/strong> <strong>below<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/list\/show\/2913.Best_Books_About_Shakespeare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Best Books about Shakespeare List (Goodreads)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/shakespeare\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Shakespeare-Bibliography-Drake.pdf\" data-type=\"attachment\" data-id=\"5848\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bibliography  of Shakespeare Studies (Drake)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/files\/16966\/16966-h\/16966-h.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A. C. Bradley\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Shakespearean Tragedy,&nbsp;<\/em>2nd ed. 1919 (Gutenberg)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/cache\/epub\/57795\/pg57795-images.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">T. S. Eliot\u2019s \u201cHamlet and His Problems\u201d 1920 (Gutenberg)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.hathitrust.org\/Record\/001004506\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">H. Granville-Barker\u2019s <em>From Henry V to Hamlet<\/em>, 1925 (HathiTrust)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/The_American_Journal_of_Psychology\/Volume_21\/The_%C5%92dipus-complex_as_an_Explanation_of_Hamlet%27s_Mystery:_A_Study_in_Motive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">E. Jones\u2019s \u201cOedipus Complex \u2026 Hamlet\u2019s Mystery\u201d 1910 (Wikisource)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/babel.hathitrust.org\/cgi\/pt?id=mdp.39015019364424&amp;seq=9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">F. S. Boas\u2019s <em>Shakespeare and his Predecessors <\/em>1896\/1900 (HathiTrust)<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:0;margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/minnesotaplaylist.com\/news\/what-does-problem-play-really-mean\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What does \u201cProblem Play\u201d Really Mean? (Minnesota Playlist)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"#drama_lit_links\"><\/a><a href=\"#return\">RETURN TO TOP OF PAGE<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li id=\"c19-vict\" style=\"line-height:2\"><strong>C19 English Criticism <strong>\u2014<\/strong> Victorian (~1830-1901)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/babel.hathitrust.org\/cgi\/pt?id=hvd.32044018687293&amp;seq=11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">T. Carlyle\u2019s <em>On Heroes, Hero-Worship \u2026 <\/em>see Lect. III. 1841 (HathiTrust)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=hwUCAAAAYAAJ&amp;pg=PP5#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">E. Dowden\u2019s <em>Shakspere: A Critical Study of His Mind &#8230; <\/em>1875 (Google Books)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.hathitrust.org\/Record\/008722877\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">R. W. Emerson\u2019s <em>Representative Men &#8230; <\/em>see Lect. V. 1841 (HathiTrust)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/2027\/uc1.$b451284\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">H. Hallam\u2019s <em>Intro. to the literature of Europe \u2026<\/em> Vol 1, 1837 (HathiTrust)<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/2027\/uc1.$b451285\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/2027\/uc1.$b451286\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">3<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/2027\/uc1.$b451287\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">4<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.hathitrust.org\/Record\/001112390\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">W. Pater&#8217;s <em>Appreciations: with an essay on style<\/em> 1889 (HathiTrust)<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/2027\/nyp.33433082475124\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">W. Pater&#8217;s <em>Studies in the History of the Renaissance <\/em>1873 (HathiTrust)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"#return\">RETURN TO TOP OF PAGE<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li id=\"c19-rom\" style=\"line-height:2\"><strong>C19 English Criticism <strong>\u2014<\/strong> Romantic &amp; Regency (~1789-1829)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.hathitrust.org\/Record\/001365795\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">T. Bowdler\u2019s \u201cA Letter to the Editor &#8230;\u201d e-pg 31ff 1823 (HathiTrust)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.hathitrust.org\/Record\/001418192\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">S. T. Coleridge\u2019s <em>Biographia Literaria<\/em> 1817 (HathiTrust)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/cache\/epub\/25585\/pg25585-images.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">S. T. Coleridge\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Notes &amp; Lectures on Shakespeare<\/em>&nbsp;1811-1819 (Gutenberg)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.hathitrust.org\/Record\/001112244\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">J. P. Kemble\u2019s <em>Macbeth, and King Richard the Third \u2026 <\/em>1817 (HathiTrust)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shakespeare-online.com\/plays\/macbeth\/knockingatgate.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">T. De Quincey\u2019s \u201c\u2026 Knocking at the Gate in&nbsp;<em>Macbeth<\/em>\u201d 1823 (Shakespeare-online)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/cache\/epub\/5085\/pg5085-images.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">W. Hazlitt\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Characters of Shakespeare\u2019s Plays<\/em>&nbsp;1817 (Gutenberg)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/files\/31132\/31132-h\/31132-h.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">W. Hazlitt<em> \u2026 An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature <\/em> 1805ff (Gutenberg)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.hathitrust.org\/Record\/001111928\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eliz. Inchbald\u2019s <em>British Theatre, <\/em>see vols. 1-5 of 25<em> <\/em>1806-09 (HathiTrust)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.hathitrust.org\/Record\/000589161\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">J. Keats\u2019 <em>The Letters of John Keats,<\/em> 1816-20, ed. M. Forman 1895 (HathiTrust)<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/babel.hathitrust.org\/cgi\/pt?id=nyp.33433043972813&amp;seq=105&amp;q1=negative\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Letter to George and Thomas Keats, 22 Dec. 1817 (Neg. capability)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/babel.hathitrust.org\/cgi\/pt?id=nyp.33433043972813&amp;seq=284&amp;q1=delights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Letter to Richard Woodhouse, 27 Oct. 1818 (Chameleon poet)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/keatslettersproject.com\/category\/correspondence\/to-richard-woodhouse-27-oct-1818\/#:~:text=Letter%20%2399%3A%20To%20Richard%20Woodhouse%2C%2027%20October%201818&amp;text=This%20is%20one%20of%20those,theorizes%20the%20nature%20of%20poetry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Image of Letter to R. Woodhouse, 27 Oct. 1818 (Keats Letters Project)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/articles\/70201\/keats-and-king-lear\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cKeats and King Lear\u201d by Adam Plunkett, Feb. 2015 (Poetry Foundation)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bartleby.com\/lit-hub\/hc\/english-essays-from-sir-philip-sidney-to-macaulay\/on-the-tragedies-of-shakespeare-considered-with-reference-to-their-fitness-for-stage-representation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">C. Lamb\u2019s \u201cOn the Tragedies of Shakespeare\u201d 1811 (Bartleby)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=9TsUAAAAYAAJ&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;source=gbs_ge_summary_r&amp;cad=0#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eliz. Montagu\u2019s <em>Essay on the Writings &#8230; of Shakespeare <\/em>1810 (Google)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/articles\/69387\/from-the-four-ages-of-poetry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">T. L. Peacock\u2019s \u201cThe Four Ages of Poetry,\u201d 1820 (Poetry Foundation)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.hathitrust.org\/Record\/001776273\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">W. Wordsworth\u2019s <em>Prose Works, <\/em>2 vols. 1793-1835 ed. W. Knight (HathiTrust)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"#return\">RETURN TO TOP OF PAGE<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li id=\"c19-french\" style=\"line-height:2\"><strong>C19 French &amp; German Criticism<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/babel.hathitrust.org\/cgi\/pt?id=wu.89004615209&amp;seq=9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gustav Freytag&#8217;s <em>Technique of the Drama &#8230; <\/em>1863<em> <\/em>(HathiTrust)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/files\/7148\/7148-8.txt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A. W. Schlegel\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Lectures on Dramatic Art<\/em>&nbsp;23-27, 1809-1811 (Gutenberg)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=W60TAAAAYAAJ&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;source=gbs_ge_summary_r&amp;cad=0#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stendhal\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Racine et Shakespeare<\/em>&nbsp;1823 (Google Books)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"#drama_lit_links\"><\/a><a href=\"#return\">RETURN TO TOP OF PAGE<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li id=\"c18-eng-neo-1788\" style=\"line-height:2\"><strong>C18 English Enlightenment\/Neoclassical Criticism <strong>\u2014<\/strong> 1751-1788<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/edinburghuniversitypress.com\/pub\/media\/ebooks\/9781474487665.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Lady\u2019s Magazine <\/em>1770-1832 and \u2026 Lit. History, J. Batchelor (Edinburgh U)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.hathitrust.org\/Record\/001018669\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Charlotte Lennox\u2019s <em>Shakespear illustrated, or the novels \u2026 <\/em>1753-54 (HathiTrust)<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/babel.hathitrust.org\/cgi\/pt?id=nyp.33433074915640&amp;seq=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">v. 1<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/babel.hathitrust.org\/cgi\/pt?id=nyp.33433074915632&amp;seq=9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">v. 2<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/babel.hathitrust.org\/cgi\/pt?id=nyp.33433074915657&amp;seq=7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">v. 3<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.hathitrust.org\/Record\/100220587\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">H. Blair&#8217;s <em>Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, <\/em>2 vols. 1759\/89 (HathiTrust)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.hathitrust.org\/Record\/001019011\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eliz. Griffith\u2019s <em>Morality of Shakespeare\u2019s Drama Illustrated <\/em>1775 (HathiTrust)<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/smallnotes.library.virginia.edu\/2016\/03\/08\/three-elizabeths\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Three Elizabeths: Shakespeare Criticism &#8230; 1760s-70s (U-Virginia)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/quod.lib.umich.edu\/cgi\/t\/text\/text-idx?c=ecco;cc=ecco;q1=Henry%20Home;rgn=full%20text;view=toc;idno=004801739.0001.001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">H. Home, Lord Kames&#8217; <em>Elements of Criticism, <\/em>3 vols.1761-62 (U-Mich C18)<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/quod.lib.umich.edu\/cgi\/t\/text\/text-idx?c=ecco;idno=004801739.0001.001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">v. 1<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/quod.lib.umich.edu\/cgi\/t\/text\/text-idx?c=ecco;idno=004801739.0001.002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">v. 2<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/quod.lib.umich.edu\/cgi\/t\/text\/text-idx?c=ecco;idno=004801739.0001.003\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">v. 3<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/quod.lib.umich.edu\/m\/moa\/AAZ9879.0004.001\/542?rgn=full+text&amp;view=image\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">D. Hume&#8217;s <em>History of England, <\/em>Vol. 4, 521ff Append., \u201cLearning \u2026\u201d 1758 (U-Mich)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.hathitrust.org\/Record\/004128368\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Samuel Johnson\u2019s Edition of <em>Shakespeare <\/em>, 8 vols. with notes 1765 (HathiTrust)<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/babel.hathitrust.org\/cgi\/pt?id=hvd.32044023818099&amp;seq=11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Johnson\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Essays and Notes<\/em>, Sel. 1750s-60s (HathiTrust)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnsonessays.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Johnson&#8217;s <em>Essays<\/em> Republished (Blog by Matt Kirkland)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/cache\/epub\/7780\/pg7780-images.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Johnson\u2019s <em>Notes to Shakespeare, <\/em>Vol. I. 1765<em> <\/em>(Gutenberg)<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/files\/15566\/15566-h\/15566-h.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vol. III<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/cache\/epub\/5429\/pg5429-images.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Johnson\u2019s Preface to&nbsp;<em>Shakespeare <\/em>with some notes 1765 (Gutenberg)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theshakespeareblog.com\/2015\/08\/shakespeare-and-samuel-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shakespeare and Samuel Johnson, 2015 (theshakespeareblog)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.hathitrust.org\/Record\/001018669\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Charlotte Lennox\u2019s <em>Shakespear illustrated, or the novels \u2026 <\/em>1753-54 (HathiTrust)<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/babel.hathitrust.org\/cgi\/pt?id=nyp.33433074915640&amp;seq=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">v. 1<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/babel.hathitrust.org\/cgi\/pt?id=nyp.33433074915632&amp;seq=9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">v. 2<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/babel.hathitrust.org\/cgi\/pt?id=nyp.33433074915657&amp;seq=7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">v. 3<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/quod.lib.umich.edu\/cgi\/t\/text\/text-idx?c=ecco;idno=004899732.0001.000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">W. Kenrick\u2019s A review of Doctor Johnson&#8217;s &#8230; Shakespeare 1765 (ECCO\/U-Mich)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/name.umdl.umich.edu\/004892645.0001.000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">R. Farmer\u2019s An Essay on the Learning of Shakespeare, 2<sup>nd<\/sup> ed. 1767 (ECCO\/U-Mich)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/books\/edition\/An_Essay_on_the_Writings_and_Genius_of_S\/9TsUAAAAYAAJ?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mrs. Eliz. Montagu\u2019s An Essay on the Writings &#8230; of Shakespeare 1769 (Google)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.hathitrust.org\/Record\/001018892\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ed. Taylor\u2019s Cursory Remarks on Tragedy, on Shakespear \u2026 1774 (HathiTrust)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/name.umdl.umich.edu\/004909877.0001.000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">W. Kenrick\u2019s Introduction to the School of Shakespeare 1774 (ECCO\/U-Mich)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.hathitrust.org\/Record\/001370021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">T. Warton\u2019s <em>The History of English Poetry \u2026 <\/em>1775 (HathiTrust)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.hathitrust.org\/Record\/001019011\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eliz. Griffith\u2019s <em>The Morality of Shakespeare\u2019s Drama Illustrated <\/em>1775 (HathiTrust)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/essayondramaticc00morguoft\/page\/n3\/mode\/2up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">M. Morgann\u2019s Essay on <strong>\u2026 <\/strong>Sir J<strong>ohn<\/strong> Falstaff 1775\/1912 (Internet Archive)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.hathitrust.org\/Record\/001359581\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">E. Capell\u2019s Notes and Various Readings to Shakespeare 1779 (HathiTrust)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.hathitrust.org\/Record\/009709181\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">E. Malone\u2019s <em>Supplement<\/em> to 1778 Ed. Of Shakespeare 1780 (HathiTrust)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/babel.hathitrust.org\/cgi\/pt?id=hvd.32044086771847&amp;seq=15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">H. Mackenzie in <em>The Mirror, Edinburgh <\/em>N. XCIX and C, 1780\/1825 (HathiTrust)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.hathitrust.org\/Record\/002433131\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">W. Richardson\u2019s <em>A philosophical analysis and illustration \u2026 <\/em>1780(HathiTrust)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"file:\/\/\/S:\/Documents\/My%20Dreamhost%20&amp;%20WP\/Wordpress\/Sites%20by%20Domain\/Ajdrake%20Shakespeare\/Docs\/Links%20Pages\/Remarks,%20critical%20and%20illustrative,%20on%20the%20text%20and%20notes%20of%20the%20last%20edition%20of%20Shakespeare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">J. Ritson\u2019s <em>Remarks, critical and illustrative \u2026<\/em> 1783 (HathiTrust)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.hathitrust.org\/Record\/103101026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">T. Davies, <em>Dramatic miscellanies \u2026 critical observations, <\/em>3 vols. 1785 (HathiTrust)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.hathitrust.org\/Record\/001019121\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">J. M. Mason\u2019s Comments on the last edition \u2026 1785 (HathiTrust)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.hathitrust.org\/Record\/001018934\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">T. Whately\u2019s <em>Remarks on some of the characters \u2026 <\/em>reissue of 1785 ed. (HathiTrust)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/babel.hathitrust.org\/cgi\/pt?id=nyp.33433076078637&amp;seq=152\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">H. Mackenzie\u2019s \u201cFalstaff\u201d in <em>The Lounger, <\/em>Vol. 2 #68-69, 1785-86 (HathiTrust)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.hathitrust.org\/Record\/007691923\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">J. Ritson\u2019s <em>The quip modest, a few words \u2026 <\/em>1788 (HathiTrust)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.hathitrust.org\/Record\/001018131\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">S. Felton&#8217;s <em>Imperfect Hints Towards a New Edition of Shakespeare <\/em> 1787 (HathiTrust)<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/transactionsofro02murr\/page\/250\/mode\/2up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">T. Robertson&#8217;s &#8220;An Essay on the Character of Hamlet &#8230;&#8221; 1788\/90 (Royal Soc. of Edinburgh)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/bim_eighteenth-century_a-dissertation-on-the-th_malone-edmond_1787\/mode\/2up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">E. Malone&#8217;s &#8220;Dissertation on the Three Parts of King Henry VI&#8221; 1787 (Int. Archive)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ia801203.us.archive.org\/10\/items\/percysreliquesof01percuoft\/percysreliquesof01percuoft.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bishop T. Percy&#8217;s &#8220;Essay on the Origin of the English Stage&#8221; 1793 (Int. Archive)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"#return\">RETURN TO TOP OF PAGE<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li id=\"c18-eng-neo-1750\" style=\"line-height:2\"><strong>C18 English Enlightenment\/Neoclassical Criticism <strong>\u2014<\/strong> 1701-1750<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/ebooks\/author\/1024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Addison &amp; Steele. <em>The Tatler <\/em>1709-1711<em> <\/em>(Gutenberg)<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/ebooks\/13645\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">v. 1<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/ebooks\/45769\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">v. 2<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/ebooks\/31645\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">v. 3<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/ebooks\/49009\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">v. 4<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/ebooks\/12030\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Addison &amp; Steele. <em>The Spectator <\/em>Vols. 1-3, 1711-12, 1714 (Gutenberg)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/quod.lib.umich.edu\/cgi\/t\/text\/text-idx?c=ecco;idno=004844085.0001.000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">J. Dennis&#8217; <em>&#8230; On the genius and writings of Shakespeare <\/em>1712 (EEBO\/U-Mich)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.hathitrust.org\/Record\/001907588\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">C. Gildon\u2019s <em>The complete art of poetry<\/em> <em>\u2026<\/em> 1718 (HathiTrust)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/babel.hathitrust.org\/cgi\/pt?id=mcg.ark:\/13960\/t4kn0rn0b&amp;seq=23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">C. Gildon&#8217;s <em>An Essay on the Art, Rise, \u2026 <\/em>in Rowe v. 7, 1714 (HathiTrust)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/babel.hathitrust.org\/cgi\/pt?id=nyp.33433003250606&amp;seq=21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">T. Hanmer&#8217;s \u201cPreface\u201d to <em>Shakespeare in 6 vols.,<\/em> 1744 (HathiTrust)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/worksofshakespea01shak_5\/page\/n9\/mode\/2up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A. Pope\u2019s \u201cPreface of the Editor\u201d in <em>Shakespeare <\/em>1725 (Internet Archive)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jacklynch.net\/Texts\/pope-shakespeare.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/babel.hathitrust.org\/cgi\/pt?id=mdp.39015027522641&amp;seq=39\">N. Rowe\u2019s \u201cSome Account of the Life \u2026\u201d in <em>Shakespear <\/em>1709 (HathiTrust)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/babel.hathitrust.org\/cgi\/pt?id=hvd.32044082535451&amp;seq=21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">L. Theobald\u2019s \u201cPreface\u201d to <em>Shakespeare in 7 vols., <\/em>1733 (HathiTrust)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/babel.hathitrust.org\/cgi\/pt?id=hvd.32044009761388&amp;seq=15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">W. Warburton\u2019s \u201cPreface\u201d to <em>Shakespeare in 8 vols., <\/em>1747 (HathiTrust)<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.hathitrust.org\/Record\/102340392\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">T. Edwards\u2019 <em>The canons of criticism, and glossary \u2026 <\/em>1750 (HathiTrust)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/bim_eighteenth-century_an-enquiry-into-the-lear_whalley-peter-vicar-of_1748\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">T. Whalley\u2019s <em>An Enquiry into the Learning \u2026 <\/em>1748 (Internet Archive)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"#return\">RETURN TO TOP OF PAGE<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li id=\"c18-french\" style=\"line-height:2\"><strong>C18 French &amp; German Criticism<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=-LxbwbLslbQC&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;source=gbs_ge_summary_r&amp;cad=0#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Voltaire\u2019s <em>Appel \u00e0 toutes les nations \u2026 <\/em>1761 (Google Books)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/voltairefoundation.wordpress.com\/tag\/shakespeare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Voltaire\u2019s Criticism of Shakespeare: Essay (Voltaire Fndn.)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/voltairefoundation.wordpress.com\/2020\/06\/25\/beyond-too-much-shakespearean-excesses-in-the-18th-century\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u2018Beyond too much\u2019: Shakespearean excesses in the 18th&nbsp;century (Voltaire Fndn.)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li id=\"return\" style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"#drama_lit_links\"><\/a><a href=\"#return\">RETURN TO TOP OF PAGE<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li id=\"c17-16-eng-ren\" style=\"line-height:2\"><strong>C17-C16 English Renaissance &amp; Restoration Criticism<\/strong> <strong>\u2014 1590s-1700<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/shakspereallusio01ingluoft\/page\/n5\/mode\/2up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">J. Munro\u2019s <em>Shakspere Allusion Book \u2026 <\/em>Vol. 1, 1591-1700, 1909 (Internet Archive)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/shakspereallusio02ingluoft\/page\/n7\/mode\/2up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">J. Munro\u2019s <\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/shakspereallusio02ingluoft\/page\/n7\/mode\/2up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shakspere Allusion Book \u2026 <\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/shakspereallusio02ingluoft\/page\/n7\/mode\/2up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vol. 2, 1591-1700, 1909 (Internet Archive)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/quod.lib.umich.edu\/cgi\/t\/text\/text-idx?c=eebo;idno=A53064.0001.001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marg. Cavendish\u2019s <em>CCXI<\/em> <em>Sociable Letters, <\/em>esp. 123, 162; 1664 (EEBO\/U-Mich)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/babel.hathitrust.org\/cgi\/pt?id=mdp.39015011542712&amp;seq=7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">S. Daniel&#8217;s <em>A Defence of Rhyme &#8230;<\/em> 1603, Pub. Dom. USA only (HathiTrust)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/quod.lib.umich.edu\/cgi\/t\/text\/text-idx?c=eebo;idno=A36661.0001.001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">J. Dryden\u2019s <em>An Essay of Dramatick Poesie, <\/em>1668 (EEBO\/U-Mich)<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/files\/47641\/47641-h\/47641-h.htm#ESSAY_OF_DRAMATIC_POESY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gutenberg<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.hathitrust.org\/Record\/101686324\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">C. Gildon\u2019s <em>Lives and characters of the English dramatick \u2026 <\/em>1699<em> <\/em>(HathiTrust)<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/quod.lib.umich.edu\/e\/eebo\/A42748.0001.001?view=toc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">C. Gildon\u2019s <em>Phaeton, or, The fatal divorce \u2026 <\/em>1698 (EEBO\/U-Mich)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/quod.lib.umich.edu\/e\/eebo\/A01953.0001.001?view=toc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">S. 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