The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling student and researcher to read the material themselves.

PREFACE, INTRODUCTION, NOTE ON THE TEXT, 243 FRANCIS GENTLEMAN, commentary on Shakespeare, 1774, 244 ALEXANDER GERARD, on Shakespeare's genius, 1774, 245 WILLIAM KENRICK, lectures on Shakespeare, 1774, 246 WILLIAM RICHARDSON, on the morality of Macbeth and Hamlet, 1774, 247 EDWARD TAYLOR, Shakespeare's faulty tragedies, 1774, 248 Unsigned essay, on the cowardice of Falstaff, c. 1774, 249 ELIZABETH GRIFFITH, Shakespeare and domestic morality, 1775, 250 WILLIAM COOKE, Shakespeare's language, 1775, 251 JAMES BEATTIE, Shakespearian tragedy, 1776, 252 JOHN BERKENHOUT, Shakespeare defended from Voltaire, 1777, 253 JOSEPH PRIESTLEY, lectures on Shakespeare, 1777, 254 MAURICE MORGANN, on Falstaff, 1777, 255 FREDERICK PILON, on acting Hamlet, 1777, 256 HENRY BROOKE, adaptation of Antony and Cleopatra, 1778, 257 GEORGE STEEVENS and others, edition of Shakespeare, 1778, 258 Unsigned article, in defence of Polonius, 1779, 259 GEORGE STEEVENS, on the alterations of Shakespeare, 1779, 260 WILLIAM RICHARDSON, on Richard III's wooing, 1779, 261 HORACE WALPOLE, Shakespeare's natural genius, 1779-80, 262 SAMUEL BADCOCK, Shakespeare's originality, 1780, 263 EDWARD CAPELL, notes on Shakespeare, 1780, 264 HENRY MACKENZIE, on the character of Hamlet, 1780, 265 EDMOND MALONE and others, supplements to Shakespeare, 1780, 266 THOMAS WARTON, Shakespeare and the golden age of English poetry, 1781, 267 JAMES HARRIS, Shakespeare and the rules of criticism, 1781, 268 SAMUEL JOHNSON, on Shakespeare and his critics, 1781, 269 Unsigned essay, Hamlet defends himself, 1782, 270 JOHN STEDMAN, letters on Shakespeare, 1782, 271 B.WALWYN, Shakespearian comedy, 1782, 272 HUGH BLAIR, lectures on Shakespeare, 1783, 273 WILLIAM JACKSON, Shakespeare and Jonson, 1783, 274 JOSEPH RITSON, Shakespeare's editors corrected, 1783, 275 EDMOND MALONE, additional notes on Shakespeare, 1783, 276 WILLIAM RICHARDSON, essays on Shakespeare's characters, 1783, 277 THOMAS DAVIES, Shakespeare in the theatre, 1784, 278 Unsigned article, notes on Shakespeare, 1785, 279 ISAAC REED and others, edition of Shakespeare, 1785, 280 WILLIAM SHAW, Shakespeare's faults, 1785, 281 JOHN PINKERTON, observations on Shakespeare, 1785, 282 Unsigned essay, Shakespeare and modern tragedy, 1785, 283 JOHN MONCK MASON, on editing Shakespeare, 1785, 284 THOMAS WHATELY, Richard III and Macbeth compared, 1785, 285 J.P.KEMBLE, in defence of Macbeth, 1786, 286 MARTIN SHERLOCK, in praise of Shakespeare, 1786, 287 HENRY MACKENZIE, on Falstaff, 1786, 288 RICHARD CUMBERLAND, essays on Shakespeare, 1786, 289 ANDREW BECKET, notes on Shakespeare's text, 1787, 290 GEORGE STEEVENS, on Richard III and Macbeth, 1787, 291 SAMUEL FELTON, Shakespeare and the artist, 1787, 292 RICHARD STACK, Morgann on Falstaff refuted, 1788, 293 THOMAS ROBERTSON, on Hamlet, 1788, 294 WILLIAM RICHARDSON, on Falstaff, 1788, 295 Unsigned essay, on Julius Caesar, 1789, 296 Unsigned notices, on Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery, 1789, 297 THOMAS TWINING, Shakespeare and Greek tragedy, 1789, 298 JAMES FENNELL, Shakespeare in the theatre, 1789, 299 EDMOND MALONE, edition of Shakespeare, 1790, 300 W.N., on Othello, 1791, 301 JAMES BOSWELL, Johnson on Shakespeare, 1791, 302 Unsigned essay, a rhapsody on Shakespeare, 1792, 303 GEORGE STEEVENS and others, edition of Shakespeare, 1793, 304 WALTER WHITER, Shakespeare's mental associations, 1794, 305 WOLSTENHOLME PARR, on Coriolanus and Othello, 1795, 306 RICHARD HOLE, an ironical (?) defence of Iago, 1796, 307 WILLIAM RICHARDSON, further thoughts on Hamlet, 1798, 308 NATHAN DRAKE, Shakespeare and Elizabethan poetry, 1798, 309 ARTHUR MURPHY, Garrick's Shakespeare, 1801, A SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY, INDEX