Shakespeare's predecessors in the English dramaDalcassian Publishing Company, Jan 1, 1900 |
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
CHAPTER II | 18 |
CHAPTER III | 73 |
CHAPTER IV | 115 |
CHAPTER V | 148 |
THE RISE OF TRAGEDY | 170 |
CHAPTER VII | 197 |
CHAPTER VIII | 212 |
CHAPTER IX | 253 |
The Chronicle Play is a peculiarly English FormIts Difference | 288 |
CHAPTER XI | 327 |
CHAPTER XII | 387 |
CHAPTER XIII | 399 |
CHAPTER XIV | 427 |
CHAPTER XV | 465 |
INDEX | 537 |
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