"Echoing the title of one of Dover Wilson's books on Hamlet, Morris Weitz describes his book as 'an investigation of what happens-- logically, conceptually, in Hamlet criticism.' As a necessary step towards this goal, the author gives a thorough and clearly articulated account of the major Hamlet criticism written in this century. Present and examined are the writings of T.S. Eliot, Dover Wilson, G. Wilson Knight, A.C. Bradley, Francis Fergusson,...

This volume brings together a group of essays that examine the relationship between philosophy and literature - disciplines that have been opposed as often as they have been combined. While the focus is primarily on the plays of Shakespeare, there is a lengthy essay on the use of the style term maniera in art history, and a concluding survey and analysis of the relationship between philosophy and literature, from Plato to the present. The author applies...