Dr Samuel Johnson's "Preface to Shakespeare": Key Points to Remember#PrefacetoShakespeare
Channel: AD's English Literature
Date: 2021-11-10

Dr Samuel Johnson's "Preface to Shakespeare": Key Points to Remember
Highlights-
What do you understand by Dr. Johnson's Preface to Shakespeare?
What is the main theme of Preface to Shakespeare?
How did Johnson evaluate Shakespeare in the preface to Shakespeare?
Why did Samuel Johnson in his Preface to Shakespeare think that Shakespeare lacked moral Judgement?


#ADsEnglishLiterature #ArdhenduDe #wbbhse #cbse #ncert #baenglish #maenglishlecture #ugcnet  "Preface to Shakespeare" is an introduction to Dr Samuel Johnson's edition of Shakespearean plays. It is , infact, a great critical masterpiece which inpartially judge the great merits of Shakespeare. As the entire tretise is long and petantic, I have tried to highlight ket points here for better understanding of the text:
00:00 Introduction
02:10 A Few Words on Dr Samuel Johnson
04:58 Characters
06:00 Theme
06:55 Tragi-comedy
10:08 Comparition between Tragedy and Comedy
11:34 Three Unities
16:31 Faults and Merits
21:22 Critical Overview
22:55 Conclusion

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