Characters of Shakespeare’s Plays

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Characters of Shakespeare’s Plays is William Hazlitt’s influential early 19th-century critical study that offers vivid, psychologically rich essays on the major figures in Shakespeare’s dramas.

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instanceOf essay collection ⓘ
literary criticism book ⓘ
author William Hazlitt ⓘ
centuryOfPublication 19th century ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalApproach character-centered analysis ⓘ
impressionistic criticism ⓘ
psychological interpretation ⓘ
focusesOn characters in Shakespeare’s plays ⓘ
interpretation of Shakespeare’s comedies ⓘ
interpretation of Shakespeare’s histories ⓘ
interpretation of Shakespeare’s tragedies ⓘ
psychological analysis of characters ⓘ
genre Romantic criticism ⓘ
hasForm book ⓘ
hasPart essay on A Midsummer Night’s Dream ⓘ
essay on As You Like It ⓘ
essay on Coriolanus ⓘ
essay on Falstaff ⓘ
essay on Hamlet ⓘ
essay on Henry IV ⓘ
essay on Henry V ⓘ
essay on Iago ⓘ
essay on Julius Caesar ⓘ
essay on King Lear ⓘ
essay on Macbeth ⓘ
essay on Much Ado About Nothing ⓘ
essay on Othello ⓘ
essay on Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
essay on The Merchant of Venice ⓘ
essay on The Tempest ⓘ
essay on Twelfth Night ⓘ
influenced 19th-century Shakespeare criticism ⓘ
Victorian Shakespeare scholarship ⓘ
modern character-based literary criticism ⓘ
influencedBy Romantic literary theory ⓘ
William Shakespeare ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Romanticism ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
notableFor influence on later Shakespearean criticism ⓘ
psychological depth of character analysis ⓘ
vivid prose style ⓘ
periodOfComposition early 19th century ⓘ
placeOfPublication London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
publicationYear 1817 ⓘ
publisher C. H. Reynell ⓘ
subject Shakespearean drama ⓘ
William Shakespeare ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ

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William Hazlitt → notableWork → Characters of Shakespeare’s Plays ⓘ
Lectures on the English Poets → relatedWorkByAuthor → Characters of Shakespeare’s Plays ⓘ
Lectures on the English Comic Writers → relatedWorkByAuthor → Characters of Shakespeare’s Plays ⓘ