The Facts About Shakespeare

About this eBook

Author

Thorndike, Ashley Horace, 1871-1933

Credits

Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Dramatists, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Biography

Category

Text

eBook-No.

22281

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22281

Release Date

August 8, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE FACTS ABOUT SHAKESPEARE
2. 2.WILLIAM ALLAN NEILSON, Ph.D.
3. 3.ASHLEY HORACE THORNDIKE, Ph.D., L.H.D.
4. 4.Contents
5. 5.THE FACTS ABOUT SHAKESPEARE
6. 6.The Facts about Shakespeare
7. 7.CHAPTER I — Shakespeare's England and London
8. 8.CHAPTER II — Biographical Facts and Traditions — FOOTNOTES:
9. 9.CHAPTER III — Shakespeare's Reading — FOOTNOTES:
10. 10.CHAPTER IV — Chronology and Development — TABLE I — TABLE II — TABLE III — FOOTNOTES:
11. 11.CHAPTER V — The Elizabethan Drama — FOOTNOTES:
12. 12.CHAPTER VI — The Elizabethan Theater
13. 13.CHAPTER VII — The Text of Shakespeare — TABLE OF QUARTO EDITIONS BEFORE 1623 — FOOTNOTES:
14. 14.CHAPTER VIII — Questions of Authenticity
15. 15.CHAPTER IX — Shakespeare since 1616
16. 16.CHAPTER X — Conclusion
17. 17.APPENDICES
18. 18.Appendix A — Biographical Documents and Authorities — I. REPOSITORIES OF DOCUMENTS — II. SOURCES OF TRADITIONAL MATERIAL — FOOTNOTES:
19. 19.Appendix B — Index to the Characters in Shakespeare's Plays
20. 20.Appendix C — Index of the Songs in Shakespeare's Plays
21. 21.Appendix D — BIBLIOGRAPHY — CHAPTER I Shakespeare's England and London — CHAPTER II Biographical Facts and Traditions — CHAPTER III Shakespeare's Reading — CHAPTER IV Chronology and Development — CHAPTER V The Elizabethan Drama — CHAPTER VI The Elizabethan Theater — CHAPTER VII History of the Text — CHAPTER VIII Questions of Authenticity — CHAPTER IX Shakespeare since 1616
22. 22.Index

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