To Act or not to Act: How Coleridge Changed the Way We See Hamlet

Exactly 200 years ago, from 1811 to 1819, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, one of the most famous English Romantic poets, held a series of influential lectures about William Shakespeare and his plays. His presentation of “Hamlet”, a play hitherto not only negatively appraised, but even viewed quite negative...

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Main Author: Svetozar Poštić
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vilnius University 2014-10-01
Series:Respectus Philologicus
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Online Access:http://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/respectus-philologicus/article/view/13755