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Tragedies

  1. In Abel, Lionel. Metatheatre. New York, Hill and Wang, 1963. pp. 41-59.
    Criticism -- Hamlet

  2. In Adamczewski, Zygmunt The Tragic Protest. The Hague, M. Nijhoff, 1963. pp. 64-96.
    Criticism -- Hamlet

  3. In Anderson, Quentin The Proper Study. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1962. pp. 337-376.
    Criticism -- Hamlet

  4. In Arthos, John. The Art of Shakespeare. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1964. pp. 53-67.
    Criticism -- Anthony and Cleopatra

  5. In Auden, W.H. The Dyer's Hand And Other Essays. New York, Random House, 1962. pp. 171-208, 218-237, 246-272, 500-527.
    Criticism -- Falstaff -- The Globe -- Henry IV -- Merchant of Venice -- Music in Shakespeare -- Othello

  6. Bell, Millicent. "Hamlet, Revenge!" In Hudson Review, Vol. LI, No. 2, Summer 1998. New York, Hudson Review, Inc. pp. 297-309.
    Criticism -- Hamlet

  7. In Bennett, James O'Donnell. Much Loved Books. New York : Liveright, c1927. pp. 80-88, 297-302.
    Criticism -- Hamlet -- King Richard III

  8. In Bennett, Josephine, ed. Studies in the English Renaissance Drama. New York, New York University Press, 1959. pp. 28-42, 106-124, 269-286.
    Criticism -- Hamlet -- Juluis Caesar -- Romeo and Juliet

  9. In Berryman, John The freedom of the poet. New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, [1976]. 56-90.
    Criticism -- Macbeth -- The Tempest

  10. In Bloom, Allan. Love & Friendship New York : Simon & Schuster, c1993. pp. 273-326.
    Criticism -- Anthony and Cleopatra -- Romeo and Juliet

  11. In Bloom, Harold. Where Shall Wisdom Be Found. New York : Riverhead Books, c2004. pp. 99-116.
    Criticism -- King Lear -- Macbeth

  12. In Bradley, A.C. Oxford Lectures on Poetry . Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1961. pp. 245-393.
    Biography -- Criticism -- Anthony and Cleopatra -- Falstaff -- Henry IV -- Henry V -- Merry Wives of Windsor -- Theater

  13. In Brooks, Cleanth, ed. Tragic Themes in Western Literature. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1955. pp. 30-58.
    Criticism -- Hamlet --

  14. In Brower, Reuben A. and Richard Poirier eds. In Defense of Reading: A Reader's Approach to Literary Criticism. New York: Dutton, 1962. pp. 110-173.
    Criticism -- The Tempest -- King Lear -- Henry VIII

  15. In Burke, Kenneth. Language as Symbolic Action . Berkeley, University of California Press, 1966. pp. 81-124.
    Criticism -- Anthony and Cleopatra -- Coriolanus -- Timon of Athens

  16. In Cameron, Kenneth M. and Hoffman, Theodore J. The Theatrical response. [New York] Macmillan [1969]. pp. 80-109.
    Criticism -- The Globe Theater -- Hamlet

  17. In Carruth, Hayden. Selected Essays & Reviews . Port Townsend, WA : Copper Canyon Press, c1996. pp. 314-320, 358-359.
    Criticism -- King Lear

  18. In Clurman, Harold. The Divine Pastime. New York, Macmillan, 1974. pp. 37-39.
    Criticism -- Othello

  19. In Daiches, David. Literary Essays. Edinburgh, Oliver and Boyd, 1956. pp. 1-25.
    Criticism -- Works -- Justice in Literature -- Cymbeline -- Hamlet -- Measure for Measure -- Othello -- Pericles -- The Tempest -- The Winter's Tale

  20. In Dinsmore, Charles Allen. Great Poets and the Meaning of Life. Freeport, N.Y., Books for Libraries Press, 1968, c1937. pp. 155-215.
    Criticism -- Sonnets -- Romances -- Tragedies -- Hamlet -- Julius Caesar -- King Lear -- Macbeth -- Othello -- Timon of Athens --

  21. In Enright, D. J. The Apothecary's Shop: Essays on Literature. Philadelphia, Dufour Editions, cl957. pp. 32-53.
    Criticism -- Coriolanus

  22. In Erskine, John The delight of great books. Indianapolis, The Bobbs-Merrill Company [c1928]. pp. 99-158.
    Criticism -- Romeo and Juliet -- The Tempest

  23. In Fergusson, Francis. The Idea of a Theater. Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1949. pp. 94-143.
    Criticism -- Hamlet

  24. In Gardiner, Harold C. ed. The Great Books: A Christian Appraisal. Vol. 1. New York: Devin-Adair Company, 1949. pp. 70-77.
    Criticism -- Hamlet

  25. In Gardiner, Harold C. ed. The Great Books: A Christian Appraisal. Vol. 3. New York: Devin-Adair Company, 1951. pp. 80-87.
    Criticism -- Macbeth

  26. In George, Kathleen. Rhythm in Drama. Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, c1980. See index.
    Criticism -- Plays -- Anthony and Cleopatra -- Hamlet --

  27. In Gillie, Christopher Character in English literature. Barnes & Noble [1965]. pp. 56-85.
    Criticism -- Anthony and Cleopatra -- Macbeth

  28. In Goodman, Randolph. Drama on Stage. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1961. pp. 116-147.
    Criticism -- Macbeth

  29. In Gray, Wallace. Homer to Joyce. New York: Macmillan ; London : Collier Macmillan, c1985. pp. 148-162.
    Criticism -- King Lear

  30. In Hadfield, Andrew. English Renaissance, 1500-1620. Oxford ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Publishers, 2001. pp. 174-179, plus see index.
    Criticism -- Works -- Othello

  31. In Hawkins, Harriett B. Likeness of Truth in Elizabethan and Restoration Drama. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972. pp. 139-172.
    Criticism -- Romeo and Juliet -- Julius Caesar -- Macbeth -- King Lear

  32. In Hecht, Anthony, 1923- Obbligati : essays in criticism. New York : Atheneum, 1986. pp. 51-84, 140-229.
    Criticism -- Othello -- Merchant of Venice

  33. In Highet, Gilbert A Clerk at Oxenford: Essays on Literature and Life. New York: Oxford University Press, 1954. pp. 142-148.
    Criticism -- Hamlet

  34. In Highet, Gilbert. The Powers of Poetry. New York, Oxford University Press, 1960. pp. 39-46, 302-307, plus see index.
    Criticism -- Hamlet -- Sonnets

  35. In Holmberg, Arthur. The Lively Art. Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, 1999. pp. 167-171.
    Criticism -- King Lear

  36. In Holmes, Charles S. The Major Critics. New York: Knopf, 1957. pp. 222-227.
    Criticism --
  37. In Horn, Francis H., ed. Literarymasterpieces of the western world. Baltimore, John Hopkins Press, 1953. pp. 148-163.
    Criticism -- Hamlet

  38. In Hosley, Richard, ed. Essays on Shakespeare and Elizabethan Drama. Columbia, Univ. of Missouri Pr., 1962. pp. 201-234.
    Criticism -- Plays -- Sonnets -- The Comedy of Errors -- Hamlet -- Henry the V -- Merchant of Venice -- A Midsummer Night's Dream -- Timon of Athens -- The Winter's Tale

  39. In Howe, Irving, ed. Modern literary criticism. Boston, Beacon Press [1958]. pp. 367-376.
    Criticism -- Timon of Athens

  40. In Hoy, Cyrus. The Hyacinth Room: an Investigation Into the Nature of Comedy, Tragedy, & Tracicomedy. New York, Knopf, 1964. See index.
    Criticism -- Works -- Hamlet -- Love's Labour's Lost -- Measure for Measure -- The Tempest

  41. In In Honor of Austin Wright. Pittsburgh, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1972. pp. 11-30, 63-68.
    Biography -- Criticism -- Henry IV, Part I -- Othello --

  42. In Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Institute for Religious and Social Studies. Great Moral Dilemmas in Literature, Past and Present. New York: Cooper Square Publishers, 1964. pp. 99-111.
    Criticisim -- Hamlet

  43. In Kaplan, Harold J. The Passive Voice: An approach to modern fiction. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, 1966. pp. 213-236.
    Criticism -- King Lear

  44. In Kermode, Frank. Shakespeare, Spenser, Donne . New York, Viking Press, 1971. See index.
    Criticism -- Works -- Cymbeline -- King Lear -- Macbeth -- Merchant of Venice -- Midsummer Night's Dream -- Pericles -- "Phoenix and the Turtle" -- The Tempest -- Twelfth Night -- The Winter's Tale

  45. In Kirk, Rudolf, ed. Essays in Literary History . New Brunswick, N. J., Rutgers University Press, 1960. pp. 37-92.
    Criticism -- Anthony and Cleopatra -- Coriolanus -- Much Ado About Nothing

  46. In Kitto, H. D. F. Poisesis; Structure and Thought. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1966. pp. 355-402.
    Criticism -- Coriolanus --

  47. In Knight, G. Wilson. The Wheel of Fire. London: Methuen and Co. Ltd, 1949. pp. 17-256, 298-325.
    Criticism -- Hamlet -- Troilus and Cressida -- Measure for Measure -- Othello -- Julius Caeser -- Macbeth --King Lear -- Timon of Athens

  48. In Knights, L. C. Explorations: Essays in Criticism Mainly on the Literature of the Seventeenth Century. New York: New York University Press, 1964 [c.1947]. pp. 15-93.
    Criticism -- Macbeth -- Sonnets -- Hamlet

  49. In Knights, L.C. Further Explorations. Stanford, Calif., Stanford University Press, 1965. pp. 33-52, 169-204.


    Criticism -- Plays -- Characters in Literature -- Julius Caesar -- King Lear

  50. In Kreuzer, James R. and Cogan, Lee Modern writings on major English authors. Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill [1963]. pp. 143-206.
    Criticism -- Works -- The Tragedies -- Othello

  51. In Lawrence, Natalie Grimes and J. A. Renyolds, eds. Sweet Smoke of Rhetoric: A Collection of Renaissance Essays. Coral Gables, Flordia: University of Miami Press, 1964. pp. 19-51.
    Criticism -- Richard II -- Othello

  52. In Leaska, Mitchell A. The Voice of Tragedy.New York, R. Speller [1964, c1963]. pp. 92-132.
    Criticism -- Works including Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth

  53. In Lings,Martin Shakespeare in the Light of Sacred Art. New York: Humanities Press, 1966. pp. 21-114.
    Criticism -- Henry IV -- Hamlet -- Othello -- Measure for Measure -- Macbeth -- King Lear -- Anthony and Cleopatra -- Cymbeline -- The Winter's Tale -- Tempest

  54. In Luke, Helen M. Laughter at the Heart of Things. New York : Parabola Books, 2001. pp. 59-88.
    Criticism -- Anthony and Cleopatra

  55. In Lumiansky, R. M. Critical Approaches to Six Major English Works. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1968. pp. 167-208.
    Criticism -- King Lear

  56. In Mabley, Edward. Dramatic Construction . Philadelphia, Chilton Book Co., 1972. pp. 47-65.
    Criticism -- Hamlet

  57. In McDonald, Charles Osborne. The Rhetoric of Tragedy: Form in Stuart Drama. New York, Knopf, 1956. pp. 122-137.
    Criticism -- Hamlet

  58. In MacIver, R. M., ed. Great Moral Dilemmas in Literature, Past and Present. New York, Cooper Square Publishers, 1964 [c1956]. pp. 99-112.
    Criticism -- Hamlet
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  59. In McNeir, Waldo, ed. Studies in English Renaissance Literature. Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press, 1962. pp. 40-55, 87-131.
    Criticism -- Cymbeline -- King Lear -- Richard II

  60. In Muir, Edwin. Essays on Literature and Society. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1965. pp. 33-49.
    Criticism -- King Lear

  61. In Muller, Herbert J. The Spirit of Tragedy. New York, Knopf, 1956. pp. 165-194.
    Criticism -- Tragedies

  62. In Oates, Joyce Carol Contraries: essays. New York : Oxford University Press, 1981. pp. 51-81.
    Criticism -- King Lear

  63. In The Proper Study; essays on Western Classics. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1962. pp. 337-374.
    Criticism -- Hamlet

  64. In Quinones, Raymond. The Renaissance Discovery of Time. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1972. pp. 290-443.
    Criticism -- Works -- Time in Literature -- The Comedies -- The Histories -- The Tragedies -- Sonnets -- Hamlet -- Henry IV, Parts I & II -- King Lear -- Macbeth -- Richard II -- The Tempest -- The Winter's Tale --

  65. In Rexroth, Kenneth. Classics Revisited . New York : New Directions, c1986. pp. 128-134.
    Criticism -- Macbeth -- The Tempest --

  66. In Ross, Julian L. Philosophy in Literature . Syracuse, New York, Syracuse University Press, 1949. pp. 254-263.
    Criticism -- Evil in Literature -- Hamlet -- Othello -- Romeo and Juliet --

  67. In Ruitenbeek, Hendrik M. Psychoanalysis and literature. New York, Dutton, 1964. pp. 14-18, 142-167, 207-217.
    Criticism -- Tragedies -- Hamlet --Macbeth

  68. In Santayana, George Essays in Literary Criticism of George Santayana. New York: Scribner, 1956. pp. 120-136.
    Criticism --Hamlet

  69. In Schorer, Mark, ed. Criticism. New York, Harcourt, Brace, 1958. pp. 266-268.
    Criticism -- Hamlet

  70. In Sedgewick, G.G. Of Irony: Especially in Drama. Toronto, University of Toronto Press 1948. pp. 85-114.
    Criticism -- Othello

  71. In Sewall, Richard B. The Vision of Tragedy. New Haven : Yale University Press, 1959. pp. 68-79.
    Criticism -- King Lear

  72. In Shakespeare : The Tragedies . Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1965. pp. 171-189.
    Criticism -- Othello -- Iago

  73. In Shakespearean Essays. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1964. pp. 1-181.
    Criticism -- "Venus and Adonis" -- The Taming of the Shrew -- A Midsummer Night's Dream -- As You Like It -- Measure for Measure -- Tempest -- Henry V -- Troilus and Cressida -- Titus Andronicus -- King Lear -- Hamlet-- Miranda -- Women in Shakespeare

  74. In Stirling, Brents Unity in Shakespearian Tragedy: The Interplay of Theme and Character. New York: Gordian Press, 1966. pp. 111-138.
    Criticism -- Othello -- Iago

  75. In Stoll, E. E. From Shakespeare to Joyce: Authors and Critics; Literature and Life. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Company, 1965. c1944. pp. 105-137, 205-306.
    Criticism -- Henry IV (I and II) -- All's Well That Ends Well -- King Lear -- Measure for Measure -- Macbeth -- Merchant of Venice -- Othello

  76. In Symons, Arthur. Studies in the Elizabethan Drama. London, W. Heinemann. New York, AMS Press. 1972. pp. 1-160.
    Criticism -- Anthony and Cleopatra -- Cymbeline -- Henry VIII -- Macbeth -- Measure for Measure -- Romeo and Juliet -- Titus Andronicus -- Troilus and Cressida -- Twelfth Night -- The Winter's Tale

  77. In Tomlinson, T. B. A Study of Elizabethan and Jacobean Tragedy. Cambridge: University Press, 1964. pp. 26-47.
    Criticism -- Tragedies -- King Lear -- Macbeth -- Anthony and Cleopatra

  78. In Tragic Themes in Western Literature. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1955. pp. 30-58.
    Criticism -- Hamlet

  79. In Trilling, Lionel. Prefaces to the Experience of Literature. New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1979. pp. 9-21.
    Criticism -- King Lear

  80. In Van Doren, Mark, ed. New Invitation to Learning. New York, Random House, 1942. pp. 44-58.
    Criticism -- Hamlet

  81. In Vickery, John B., ed. Myth and Literature: Contemporary Theory and Practice. Lincoln, University of Nebraska Press, 1966. pp. 149-160.
    Criticism -- Tragedy -- Myth in Literature

  82. In Walcutt, Charles Child. Man's Changing Mask. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 1966. pp. 41-70.
    Criticism -- Hamlet

  83. In Warner, Marina. Fantastic Metamorphoses, Other Worlds. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002. pp. 166-171.
    Criticism -- Macbeth -- A Midsummer Night's Dream -- Winter's Tale

  84. In Weitz, Morris. Philosophy in Literature .Detroit Wayne State University Press, 1963. pp. 41-68.
    Criticism -- Hamlet

  85. In West, Ray B., ed. Essays in Modern Literary Criticism. New York, Rinehart, 1952. pp. 527-531.
    Criticism -- Hamlet

  86. In West, Rebecca. The Court and the Castle. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1957. pp. 1-84.
    Criticism -- Hamlet -- Henry IV -- Measure for Measure -- Richard II -- The Tempest --

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