Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- I PARENTAGE AND BIRTH
- II CHILDHOOD, EDUCATION, AND MARRIAGE
- III THE FAREWELL TO STRATFORD
- IV ON THE LONDON STAGE
- V EARLY DRAMATIC WORK
- VI THE FIRST APPEAL TO THE READING PUBLIC
- VII THE SONNETS AND THEIR LITERARY HISTORY
- VIII THE BORROWED CONCEITS OF THE SONNETS
- IX THE PATRONAGE OF THE EARL OF SOUTHAMPTON
- X THE SUPPOSED STORY OF INTRIGUE IN THE SONNETS
- XI THE DEVELOPMENT OF DRAMATIC POWER
- XII THE PRACTICAL AFFAIRS OF LIFE
- XIII MATURITY OF GENIUS
- XIV THE HIGHEST THEMES OF TRAGEDY
- XV THE LATEST PLAYS
- XVI THE CLOSE OF LIFE
- XVII SURVIVORS AND DESCENDANTS
- XVIII AUTOGRAPHS, PORTRAITS, AND MEMORIALS
- XIX BIBLIOGRAPHY
- XX POSTHUMOUS REPUTATION
- XXI GENERAL ESTIMATE
- APPENDIX
- I THE SOURCES OF BIOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE
- II THE BACON-SHAKESPEARE CONTROVERSY
- III THE YOUTHFUL CAREER OF THE EARL OF SOUTHAMPTON
- IV THE EARL OF SOUTHAMPTON AS A LITERARY PATRON
- V THE TRUE HISTORY OF THOMAS THORPE AND ‘MR. W. H.’
- VI ‘MR. WILLIAM HERBERT’
- VII SHAKESPEARE AND THE EARI OF PEMBROKE
- VIII THE ‘WILL’ SONNETS
- IX THE VOGUE OF THE ELIZABETHAN SONNET, 1591–1597
- X BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE ON THE SONNET IN FRANCE, 1550–1600
- INDEX
I - THE SOURCES OF BIOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2013
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- I PARENTAGE AND BIRTH
- II CHILDHOOD, EDUCATION, AND MARRIAGE
- III THE FAREWELL TO STRATFORD
- IV ON THE LONDON STAGE
- V EARLY DRAMATIC WORK
- VI THE FIRST APPEAL TO THE READING PUBLIC
- VII THE SONNETS AND THEIR LITERARY HISTORY
- VIII THE BORROWED CONCEITS OF THE SONNETS
- IX THE PATRONAGE OF THE EARL OF SOUTHAMPTON
- X THE SUPPOSED STORY OF INTRIGUE IN THE SONNETS
- XI THE DEVELOPMENT OF DRAMATIC POWER
- XII THE PRACTICAL AFFAIRS OF LIFE
- XIII MATURITY OF GENIUS
- XIV THE HIGHEST THEMES OF TRAGEDY
- XV THE LATEST PLAYS
- XVI THE CLOSE OF LIFE
- XVII SURVIVORS AND DESCENDANTS
- XVIII AUTOGRAPHS, PORTRAITS, AND MEMORIALS
- XIX BIBLIOGRAPHY
- XX POSTHUMOUS REPUTATION
- XXI GENERAL ESTIMATE
- APPENDIX
- I THE SOURCES OF BIOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE
- II THE BACON-SHAKESPEARE CONTROVERSY
- III THE YOUTHFUL CAREER OF THE EARL OF SOUTHAMPTON
- IV THE EARL OF SOUTHAMPTON AS A LITERARY PATRON
- V THE TRUE HISTORY OF THOMAS THORPE AND ‘MR. W. H.’
- VI ‘MR. WILLIAM HERBERT’
- VII SHAKESPEARE AND THE EARI OF PEMBROKE
- VIII THE ‘WILL’ SONNETS
- IX THE VOGUE OF THE ELIZABETHAN SONNET, 1591–1597
- X BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE ON THE SONNET IN FRANCE, 1550–1600
- INDEX
- Type
- Chapter
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- A Life of William Shakespeare , pp. 361 - 369Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012First published in: 1898