CHAPTER V

THE SECOND DRAMATIC PERIOD--SHAKESPERE

Difficulty of writing about Shakespere--His life--His reputation in England and its history--Divisions of his work--The Poems--The Sonnets--The Plays--Characteristics of Shakespere--Never unnatural-- His attitude to morality--His humour--Universality of his range-- Comments on him--His manner of working--His variety--Final remarks-- Dramatists to be grouped with Shakespere--Ben Jonson--Chapman-- Marston--Dekker 157-206

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