341
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Shakespeare in America
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341
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Translations
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342
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Shakespeare in Germany
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342
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German translations
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343
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Modern German critics
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345
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Shakespeare on the German stage
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345
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Shakespeare in France
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347
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Voltaire’s strictures
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348
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French critics’ gradual emancipation from Voltairean influence
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349
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Shakespeare on the French stage
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350
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Shakespeare in Italy
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352
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In Holland
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354
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In Russia
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353
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In Poland
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353
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In Hungary
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353
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In other countries
|
354
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XXI—GENERAL ESTIMATES
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General estimate
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355
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Shakespeare’s defects
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355
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Character of Shakespeare’s achievement
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356
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Its universal recognition
|
357
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APPENDIX
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I—THE SOURCES OF BIOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE
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Contemporary records abundant
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361
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First efforts in biography
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361
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Biographers of the nineteenth century
|
362
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Stratford topography
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363
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Specialised studies in biography
|
363
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Epitomes
|
364
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Aids to study of plots and text
|
364
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Concordances
|
364
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Bibliographies
|
365
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Critical studies
|
365
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Shakespearean forgeries
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365
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John Jordan (1746–1809)
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366
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The Ireland forgeries (1796)
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366
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List of forgeries promulgated by Collier and others (1835–1849)
|
367
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II—THE BACON-SHAKESPEARE CONTROVERSY
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Its source
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370
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Toby Matthew’s letter of 1621
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371
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Chief exponents of the theory
|
371
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Its vogue in America
|
372
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Extent of the literature
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372
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Absurdity of the theory
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373
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III—THE YOUTHFUL CAREER OF THE EARL OF SOUTHAMPTON
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Shakespeare and Southampton
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374
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Southampton’s parentage
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374
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