Dramatic criticism

The article discusses the similarities between Cinthio's play Epitia and Shakespeare's Measure for Measure. It also talks about how Epitia could be the primary source for Measure for Measure.

The materials include an essay describing the criticism style of Coleridge and how others viewed his ideas and responded to them.

The two articles discuss Shakespeare's show "Love's Labours Lost." One article talks about the locality of the play and the historical significance behind it. The other article comments on specific passages within the play.

The articles discuss "Drama in the Commonwealth," including various notes and the history of drama. Another article discusses problems with domestic drama—also, a small picture of a man and a woman onstage.

The materials include an article explaining the doctrine of cosmic identities and the philosophy behind it. It also applies the doctrine to Shakespeares time and how he incorporated it into his plays.

The materials include an article describing Shakespeare's portrayal of Elizabethan life and whether it was a realistic portrayal or not and also the different representations of court and country in Shakespeare's plays.

Dr. Samuel A. Tannenbaum collected well over 400 article reprints and pamphlets concerning the Renaissance era as it related to Shakespeare and his contemporaries.

The documents discuss the first American performance of Richard II and the impact it had on American audiences and also examines W. P. Frijlinck's writing on the First Part of the Reign of King Richard the Second, which helps to shed some light on the Shakespeare play.

The article concerns Neoclassical criticism and the breakdown of criticism that followed the Neoclassical rules starting with John Dryden.

The materials include a document discussing Elizabethan Credulity and how individual attitudes towards strange features of the world might affect the response of readers towards literature that makes references to those wonders.