An Introduction to Shakespeare

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I
AN OUTLINE OF SHAKESPEARE'S LIFE	PAGE 1
CHAPTER II
ENGLISH DRAMA BEFORE SHAKESPEARE	20
CHAPTER III
THE ELIZABETHAN THEATER	35
CHAPTER IV
ELIZABETHAN LONDON	51
CHAPTER V
SHAKESPEARE'S NONDRAMATIC WORKS	60
CHAPTER VI
THE SEQUENCE OF SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS	73
CHAPTER VII
SHAKESPEARE'S DEVELOPMENT AS A DRAMATIST	85
CHAPTER VIII
THE CHIEF SOURCES OF SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS	105

CHAPTER IX
HOW SHAKESPEARE GOT INTO PRINT	113
CHAPTER X
THE PLAYS OF THE FIRST PERIOD--IMITATION AND EXPERIMENT	131
CHAPTER XI
THE PLAYS OF THE SECOND PERIOD--COMEDY AND HISTORY	153
CHAPTER XII
THE PLAYS OF THE THIRD PERIOD--TRAGEDY	172
CHAPTER XIII
THE PLAYS OF THE FOURTH PERIOD--ROMANCE	196
CHAPTER XIV
SOME FAMOUS MISTAKES AND DELUSIONS ABOUT SHAKESPEARE	210

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