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The major critical debate of the early twentieth century was that of E. E. Stoll’s objections to A. C. Bradley’s published lecture of 1909, ‘The Rejection of Falstaff’. It should be noted that when this appeared Bradley was recognised as the foremost Shakespeare critic of the day primarily because of the influence of his Shakespearean Tragedy (1904).
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© 1992 Ronald Knowles
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Knowles, R. (1992). The twentieth century. In: Henry IV Parts I & II. The Critics Debate. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21978-0_4
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