WILLIAM

SHAKESPEARE

A CRITICAL STUDY

BY

GEORGE BRANDES

LONDON
WILLIAM HEINEMANN
1905

This Work is published in Copenhagen in Three Volumes, represented by the Three Books of this translation. The First Book and half of the Second are translated by Mr. WILLIAM ARCHER; the last half of the Second Book by Mr. ARCHER, assisted by Miss MARY MORISON; the Third Book by Miss DIANA WHITE, also with the assistance of Miss MORISON. The proofs of the whole Work have been revised by Dr. BRANDES himself.


CONTENTS

BOOK FIRST
I.A BIOGRAPHY OF SHAKESPEARE DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE2
II.STRATFORD—PARENTAGE—BOYHOOD5
III.MARRIAGE—SIR THOMAS LUCY—DEPARTURE FROM STRATFORD10
IV.LONDON—BUILDINGS, COSTUMES, MANNERS13
V.POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS CONDITIONS—ENGLAND'S GROWING GREATNESS16
VI.SHAKESPEARE AS ACTOR AND RETOUCHER OF OLD PLAYS—GREENE'S ATTACK18
VII.THE "HENRY VI." TRILOGY21
VIII.CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE AND HIS LIFE-WORK—TITUS ANDRONICUS27
IX.SHAKESPEARE'S CONCEPTION OF THE RELATIONS OF THE SEXES—HISMARRIAGE VIEWED IN THIS LIGHT—LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST—ITS MATTER ANDSTYLE—JOHN LYLY AND EUPHUISM—THE PERSONAL ELEMENT34
X.LOVE'S LABOUR'S WON: THE FIRST SKETCH OF ALL'S WELL THAT ENDSWELL—THE COMEDY OF ERRORS—THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA47
XI.VENUS AND ADONIS: DESCRIPTIONS OF NATURE—THE RAPE OF LUCRECE:RELATION TO PAINTING55
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