An introduction to the study of Shakespeare,
by Hiram Corson.
- Boston, New York [etc] D. C. Heath & Co. [1889]
- 397 p. 19 cm.
Introduction.- The Shakespeare-Bacon controversy.- The authenticity of the First 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 monosyllablic 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.
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