Includes index.

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
Shakespeares 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.