The only substantial text of a series of lectures on Shakespeare by S T Coleridge is that provided by J P Collier's "Seven Lectures on Shakespeare and Milton." This edition is based on hitherto unpublished transcripts of these lectures.

This volume explains and analyses the last plays of Shakespeare as dramatic structures. A major part of the book is devoted to analyses of " Cymbeline, The Winter's Tale, The Tempest" and " King Henry VIII."

This book focuses on the two plays of Shakespeare that have generally contended for the title of "greatest" among his works. Recent critical theorizing has destabilized the texts and undermined the notion of "greatness" or any consideration of the plays as works of art. Foakes takes issue with such theories and reconsiders textual revisions, in order to argue for the integrity of the plays as reading texts, and to recover a flexible sense of their artistry in relation to meaning.

Relating this study to current anxieties about the problem of violence, R.A. Foakes reveals how similar concerns are central in Shakespeare's plays. At first Shakespeare exploited spectacular violence for its entertainment value, but in later plays he explored a range of issues relating to war, heroism, manliness, and violence in nature as well as in human beings. This book examines the development of Shakespeare's representations of violence and explains their importance in shaping his career as a dramatist.

A consideration of the two plays of Shakespeare that have generally contended for the title of 'greatest' among his work.