A Specimen of a Commentary on Shakspeare Being the Text of the First (1794) Edition Revised by the Author and Never Previously Published【電子書籍】[ Walter Whiter ]

＜p＞If it is not generally known that the foundations of twentieth-century criticism of Shakespeare’s imagery were laid over one hundred and fifty years ago, the explanation lies in the limited availability of the single original edition of Walter Whiter’s ＜em＞Specimen of a Commentary on Shakspeare＜/em＞ published in 1794. In an age in which the study of Shakespeare’s characters was of prime interest and importance, Whiter ? a classical scholar who took holy orders and ended his life as a country parson ? developed a form of textual criticism closely linked to a study of the workings of the human mind: and his book offers a psychological survey of the creative imagination, following the principles laid down in Locke’s ＜em＞Essay on Human Understanding＜/em＞ and illustrated by examples from Shakespeare’s plays. In his realization that Shakespeare provides the finest examples of the poetic imagination Whiter is of his time: but in his particular study of the associative powers of such a mind．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る