SHAKESPEARE BACON AND THE GREAT UNKNOWN

PREFACE

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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

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