Oxford Lectures On Poetry

One of the best-known works of Bradley, the present volume consists of lectures delivered during the author’s tenure of the Chair of Poetry (1901-1906) at Oxford. The lectures approach the style and craftsmanship, views and theories of Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Hegel, Shelley and Keats through an extended study of their valuable works. Lectures included herein are:
• Poetry for Poetry’s Sake
• The Sublime
• Hegel’s Theory of Tragedy
• Wordsworth
• Shelley’s View of Poetry
• The Long Poem in the Age of Wordsworth
• The Letters of Keats
• The Rejection of Falstaff
• Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra
• Shakespeare the Man
• Shakespeare’s Theatre and Audience
Bradley’s work is considered a classical masterpiece which retains its interest and admirers as yet. It is a must-read book for students and researchers of English literature as it facilitates in-depth study of valuable works of great authors of the subject.