Shakespeare - His Life, Art, and Characters, Volume I. (Paperback)

Henry Hudson was a professor of Shakespeare at Boston University. He is a world famous scholar and authority on Shakespeare. Topics included in this work are: Origin and Growth of the Drama in England, Shakespeare's art, Shakespeare's Contemporaries, and Shakespeare's Characters. Miracle plays, moral plays, comedy and tragedy are covered in the first section. In the section on art; nature and use of art, principles of art, dramatic composition, characterization, humour, style, and moral spirit are discussed. The final section details specific characters in several plays.