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An introduction to the study of Shakespeare.

Print Book, English, 1889
D.C. Heath & Co., Boston, 1889
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4 preliminary leaves, [3]-377 pages ; 19 cm
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Introduction
The Shakespeare-Bacon controversy
The authenticity of the folio
The chronology of the plays
Shakespeare's verse
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 relations to the intellectual, the emotional, and the dramatic
Romeo and Juliet
The commentary on Romeo and Juliet
King John
Much ado about nothing
Hamlet
The witch agency in Macbeth
Lady Macbeth's relations to Macbeth
Antony and Cleopatra
Jottings on the text of Hamlet
Miscellaneous notes
Examination questions