Darwin, Carlyle, Dickens
Subtitle: The fools, jesters, and comic characters in Shakspeare : with other essays, &c.
By: by Samuel Davey.
Edition: New ed., enl. --
Publisher: E. Bumpus
Published: 1879
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
Subjects: Darwin, Charles, -- 1809-1882.; Carlyle, Thomas, -- 1795-1881 -- Criticism and interpretation; Dickens, Charles, -- 1812-1870 -- Criticism and interpretation; Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation; English prose literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Evolution
Other titles: The fools, jesters and comic characters in Shakspeare
Notes: Author's presentation copy.
Table of contents: Darwinism, and other modern scientific speculations reviewed.; The writings of Thomas Carlyle.; Wit and humour.; Charles Dickens.; Thomas de Quincey.; Modern civilization.; Heroism.; The fools, jesters and comic characters in Shakspeare.; The relation of poetry to history, illustrated by Shakspeare's Englis historical plays.