CONTENTSTHE DARK LADY OF THE SONNETSPREFACE TO THE DARK LADY OF THE SONNETSHow the Play came to be WrittenThomas TylerFrank HarrisHarris "durch Mitleid wissend""Sidney's Sister: Pembroke's Mother"Shakespear's Social StandingThis Side IdolatryShakespear's PessimismGaiety of GeniusJupiter and SemeleThe Idol of the BardolatersShakespear's alleged Sycophancy and PerversionShakespear and DemocracyShakespear and the British PublicTHE DARK LADY OF THE SONNETS
CONTENTS
THE DARK LADY OF THE SONNETS
PREFACE TO THE DARK LADY OF THE SONNETS
How the Play came to be Written
Thomas Tyler
Frank Harris
Harris "durch Mitleid wissend"
"Sidney's Sister: Pembroke's Mother"
Shakespear's Social Standing
This Side Idolatry
Shakespear's Pessimism
Gaiety of Genius
Jupiter and Semele
The Idol of the Bardolaters
Shakespear's alleged Sycophancy and Perversion
Shakespear and Democracy
Shakespear and the British Public
