INTRODUCTION

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. CHAPTER I SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE’S “IMPELLING THOUGHTS” ABOUT SHAKESPEARE 13
6. CHAPTER II JOHN KEATS ON SITTING DOWN TO READ SHAKESPEARE ONCE AGAIN 41
7. CHAPTER III VIRGINIA WOOLF READS “THE GREAT WILLIAM” 65
8. CHAPTER IV CHARLES OLSON’S “OBJECTIST SHAKESPEARE” 87
9. CHAPTER V JOHN BERRYMAN’S SHAKESPEARE / SHAKESPEARE’S JOHN BERRYMAN 111
10. CHAPTER VI ALLEN GINSBERG ON SHAKESPEARE’S FUNNY MOUTHINGS 141
11. CHAPTER VII TED HUGHES READS THE COMPLETE SHAKESPEARE 167
12. CONCLUSION 195
13. Notes 201
14. Index 223