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PREFACE
INTRODUCTION I. THE BACONIAN AND ANTI-WILLIAN POSITIONS II. THE “SILENCE” ABOUT SHAKESPEARE III. THAT IMPOSSIBLE HE?THE SCHOOLING OF SHAKESPEARE IV. MR. COLLINS ON SHAKESPEARE’S LEARNING V. SHAKESPEARE, GENIUS, AND SOCIETY VI. THE COURTLY PLAYS: “LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST” VII. CONTEMPORARY RECOGNITION OF WILL AS AUTHOR VIII. “THE SILENCE OF PHILIP HENSLOWE” IX. THE LATER LIFE OF SHAKESPEARE?HIS MONUMENT AND PORTRAITS X. “THE TRADITIONAL SHAKSPERE” XI. THE FIRST FOLIO XII. BEN JONSON AND SHAKESPEARE XIII. THE PREOCCUPATIONS OF BACON APPENDICES APPENDIX I. “TROILUS AND CRESSIDA” APPENDIX II. CHETTLE’S SUPPOSED ALLUSION TO WILL SHAKSPERE FOOTNOTES |