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In A.C. Bradley
His Shakespearean Tragedy (1904), praised not only for penetrating analysis but also for its lucid prose style, is recognized as a classic of modern Shakespeare criticism. His psychological analysis of Shakespeare’s characters anticipated post-Freudian criticism; his cataloging of images from the plays foreshadowed the sensitive analysis…
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In William Shakespeare: Increasing importance of scholarship
Bradley’s magisterial Shakespearean Tragedy (1904), a book that remains highly readable, showed how the achievements of scholarship could be applied to a humane and moving interpretation of Shakespeare’s greatest work. As in earlier studies of the 19th century, Bradley’s approach focused largely on character.
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