RICHARD G. MOULTON.
April, 1885.
CONTENTS.
| [INTRODUCTION]. | |
| PLEA FOR AN INDUCTIVE SCIENCE OF LITERARYCRITICISM. | |
| PART FIRST. | |
| SHAKESPEARE CONSIDERED AS A DRAMATIC ARTIST,IN TEN STUDIES. | |
| [I]. | |
| The Two Stories Shakespeare Borrows for His 'Merchant of Venice.' | PAGE |
| A Study in the Raw Material of the Romantic Drama. | 43 |
| [II.] | |
| How Shakespeare Improves the Stories in the Telling. | |
| A Study in Dramatic Workmanship. | 58 |
| [III.] | |
| How Shakespeare Makes His Plot More Complex in Order To Make It More Simple. | |
| A Study in Underplot. | 74 |
| [IV.] | |
| A Picture of Ideal Villany in 'Richard III.' | |
| A Study in Character-Interpretation. | 90 |
| [V.] | |
| 'Richard III': How Shakespeare Weaves Nemesis Into History. | |
| A Study in Plot. | 107 |
| [VI.] | |
| How Nemesis and Destiny are interwoven in 'Macbeth.' | |
| A further Study in Plot. | 125 |
| [VII.] | |
| Macbeth, Lord and Lady. | |
| A Study in Character-Contrast. | 144 |
| [VIII.] | |
| Julius Cæsar beside his Murderers and his Avenger. | |
| A Study in Character-Grouping. | 168 |
| [IX.] | |
| How the Play of 'Julius Cæsar' works up to a Climaxat the centre. | |
| A Study in Passion and Movement. | 185 |
| [X.] | |
| How Climax meets Climax in the centre of 'Lear.' | |
| A Study in more complex Passion and Movement. | 202 |
| PART SECOND. | |
| SURVEY OF DRAMATIC CRITICISM AS AN INDUCTIVESCIENCE. | |
| [XI.] | |
| Topics of Dramatic Criticism. | 227 |
| [XII.] | |
| Interest of Character. | 237 |
| [XIII.] | |
| Interest of Passion. | 246 |
| [XIV.] | |
| Interest of Plot. | 268 |
INTRODUCTION.
PLEA FOR AN INDUCTIVE SCIENCE OF LITERARY CRITICISM.