CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION (Shakespeare in general: his personal history; his contemporary reputation; features of his dramatic art; etc.) THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE FIRST FOLIO (the dedicatees, the Earl of Pembroke and the Earl of Montgomery; the dedicators, John 3-24 DISTINCTIVE Use of Verse AND PROSE IN SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS THE LATIN AND THE ANGLO-SAXON ELEMENTS OF SHAKESPEARE'S ENGLISH, AND THE MONOSYLLABIC VOCABULARY, IN THEIR 99-111 112-144 145-157 . 158-175 |