About the Book
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 students and researchers to read for themselves, for example, comments on early performances of Shakespeare's plays, or reactions to the first publication of Jane Austen's novels.
The carefully selected sources range from landmark essays in the history of criticism to journalism and contemporary opinion, and little published documentary material such as letters and diaries. Significant pieces of criticism from later periods are also included, in order to demonstrate the fluctuations in an author's reputation.
Each volume contains an introduction to the writer's published works, a selected bibliography, and an index of works, authors and subjects.
Table of Contents:
General Editor’s Preface, J.R. de J.Jackson; Note on the Text, J.R. de J.Jackson; Introduction, J.R. de J.Jackson; Part 101 The Fall of Robespierre 1794; Chapter 1 ‘D.M.’, Analytical Review; Chapter 2 From an unsigned review, Critical Review; Chapter 3 Unsigned notice, British Critic; Part 102 A Moral and Political Lecture 1795; Chapter 4 From an unsigned review, Critical Review; Part 103 Conciones ad Populum 1795; Chapter 5 Unsigned review, Analytical Review; Chapter 6 Unsigned notice, Monthly Review; Chapter 7 Unsigned review, Critical Review; Chapter 8 Unsigned review, British Critic; Part 104 The Plot Discovered 1795; Chapter 9 Unsigned review, Analytical Review; Chapter 10 Unsigned review, British Critic; Part 105 The Watchman 1796; Chapter 11 Letter, Bristol Gazette; Part 106 Poems on Various Subjects 1796; Chapter 12 Unsigned notice, British Critic; Chapter 13 Unsigned review, Analytical Review; Chapter 14 Unsigned review, Critical Review; Chapter 15 John Aikin, Monthly Review, John Aikin; Chapter 16 Unsigned notice, Monthly Mirror; Part 107 Ode on the DePart ing Year 1796; Chapter 17 Alexander Hamilton, Monthly Review, Alexander Hamilton; Chapter 18 Unsigned notice, Monthly Mirror; Chapter 19 Unsigned review, Critical Review; Part 108 Poems Second Edition 1797; Chapter 20 Unsigned review, Critical Review; Part 109 Fears in Solitude 1798; Chapter 21 ‘D.M.S.,’ Analytical Review; Chapter 22 C.L. Moody, Monthly Review, C.L. Moody; Chapter 23 Unsigned review, British Critic; Chapter 24 Unsigned review, Critical Review; Part 110 Lyrical Ballads 1798, J.R. de J.Jackson; Chapter 25 From an unsigned review, Analytical Review; Chapter 26 Robert Southey, Critical Review, Robert Southey; Chapter 27 Charles Burney, Monthly Review, Charles Burney; Chapter 28 From an unsigned review, British Critic; Chapter 29 Unsigned notice, Anti-Jacobin; Chapter 30 Private opinions, Charles Lamb; Part 111 Wallenstein 1800, J.R. de J.Jackson; Chapter 31 John Ferriar, Monthly Review, John Ferriar; Chapter 32 From an unsigned review, Critical Review; Chapter 33 From an unsigned review, British Critic; Part 112 Poems Third Edition 1803; Chapter 34 Unsigned review, Annual Review; Chapter 35 Unsigned notice, Poetical Register; Part 113 General Estimates 1809–10; Chapter 36a From an unsigned lampoon, ‘The Bards of the Lake’, Satirist; Chapter 36b From an unsigned article, Edinburgh Annual Register for 1808; Part 114 The Friend 1809–10; Chapter 37 Serial Letter, Monthly Mirror; Chapter 38 John Foster, Eclectic Review, John Foster; Part 115 Remorse the performance, 1813; Chapter 39 Unsigned review, Morning Chronicle; Chapter 40 Unsigned review, Morning Post; Chapter 41 Unsigned review, The Times; Chapter 42 Thomas Barnes, Examiner, Thomas Barnes; Chapter 43 Unsigned review, Satirist; Chapter 44 Unsigned review, Theatrical Inquisitor; Chapter 45 From an unsigned review, European Magazine; Chapter 46 From an unsigned review, Literary Panorama; Chapter 47 From an unsigned review, Universal Magazine; Chapter 48 From an unsigned review, La Belle Assemblée; Chapter 49 Private opinions, Henry Crabb Robinson; Part 116 Remorse the publication, 1813; Chapter 50 ‘H.’ in Theatrical Inquisitor; Chapter 51 Unsigned review, Christian Observer; Chapter 52 Unsigned review, Critical Review; Chapter 53 Francis Hodgson, Monthly Review, Francis Hodgson; Chapter 54 Unsigned review, British Review; Chapter 55 J.T. Coleridge, Quarterly Review, J.T. Coleridge; Part 117 General Estimates 1814–15; Chapter 56 Thomas Barnes, ‘Mr. Coleridge’, Champion, Thomas Barnes; Chapter 57 From an unsigned article, Pamphleteer; Part 118 Christabel; Kubla Khan, a Vision; The Pains of Sleep 1816; Chapter 58 Unsigned review, Critical Review; Chapter 59 William Hazlitt, Examiner, William Hazlitt; Chapter 60 Josiah Conder, Eclectic Review, Josiah Conder; Chapter 61 Unsigned review, Literary Panorama; Chapter 62 Unsigned review, Anti-Jacobin; Chapter 63 William Roberts, British Review, William Roberts; Chapter 64 Thomas Moore, Edinburgh Review, Thomas Moore; Chapter 65 G.F. Mathew, European Magazine, G.F. Mathew; Chapter 66 Unsigned Review, Monthly Review; Part 119 The Statesman’s Manual 1816; Chapter 67 William Hazlitt, Examiner, William Hazlitt; Chapter 68 William Hazlitt, Examiner, William Hazlitt; Chapter 69 William Hazlitt, Edinburgh Review, William Hazlitt; Chapter 70 Unsigned notice, Monthly Magazine; Chapter 71 Henry Crabb Robinson, Critical Review, Henry Crabb Robinson; Part 120 ‘Blessed Are Ye That Sow Beside All Waters!’ A Lay Sermon 1817; Chapter 72 Unsigned review, Monthly Magazine; Chapter 73 Unsigned review, Monthly Repository; Chapter 74 Henry Crabb Robinson, Critical Review, Henry Crabb Robinson; Part 121 Biographia Literaria 1817; Chapter 75 William Hazlitt, Edinburgh Review, William Hazlitt; Chapter 76 Unsigned review, New Monthly Magazine; Chapter 77 Unsigned review, Monthly Magazine; Chapter 78 ‘Christopher North,’ Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, John Wilson; Chapter 79 ‘J.S.’, Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine; Chapter 80 Unsigned review, British Critic; Chapter 81 Unsigned notice, New Annual Register; Chapter 82 Unsigned review, Monthly Review; Part 122 Sibylline Leaves 1817; Chapter 83 Unsigned review, Literary Gazette; Chapter 84 Unsigned notice, Monthly Magazine; Chapter 85 Unsigned review, Edinburgh Magazine; Chapter 86 Unsigned review, Monthly Review; Part 123 Zapolya 1817; Chapter 87 Unsigned review, Edinburgh Magazine; Chapter 88 Unsigned notice, Monthly Magazine; Chapter 89 Unsigned notice, New Monthly Magazine; Chapter 90 Unsigned review, Theatrical Inquisitor; Part 124 General Estimates 1811–17; Chapter 91 Private opinions, Henry Crabb Robinson; Part 125 The Friend 1818; Chapter 92 Unsigned review, European Magazine; Chapter 93 ‘R.’, Edinburgh Magazine; Part 126 General Estimates 1818–23; Chapter 94 Unsigned article, ‘An Estimate of the Literary Character and Works of Mr. Coleridge’ Monthly Magazine; Chapter 95 J.G. Lockhart, Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, J.G. Lockhart; Chapter 96 Excerpts from unsigned articles on the state of the contemporary theatre, London Magazine; Chapter 97 Excerpts from an unsigned article, ‘The Mohock Magazine’, London Magazine; Chapter 98 H.N. Coleridge, Etonian, H.N. Coleridge; Chapter 99 Leigh Hunt, Examiner, Leigh Hunt; Chapter 100 ‘R.’, Literary Speculum; Chapter 101a John Wilson, Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, John Wilson; Part 127 Aids to Reflection 1825; Chapter 102 Unsigned notice, British Review; Chapter 103 From an unsigned review, British Critic; Part 128 The Poetical Works 1828; Chapter 104 Unsigned review, London Weekly Review; Chapter 105 Unsigned review, Literary Gazette; Part 129 The Poetical Works 1829; Chapter 106 John Bowring, Westminster Review, John Bowring; Chapter 107 Unsigned article, Athenaeum; Part 130 On the Constitution of Church and State 1830; Chapter 108 From an unsigned review, Eclectic Review; Part 131 Aids to Reflection second edition, 1832; Chapter 109 J.H. Heraud, Fraser’s Magazine, J.H. Heraud; Part 132 General Estimate 1833; Chapter 110 William Maginn, Fraser’s Magazine, William Maginn; Part 133 The Poetical Works third edition, 1834; Chapter 111 Unsigned review, Literary Gazette; Chapter 112 Unsigned review, Gentleman’s Magazine; Chapter 113 Unsigned review, Literary Gazette; Chapter 114 H.N. Coleridge, Quarterly Review, H.N. Coleridge;
