Shakespeare, William

The document examines definitions of what makes a morality play to determine some common agreed upon attributes and looks for various possible sources for the first morality play.

The document discusses Shakespeares possible knowledge of Pliny's writings of Natural History and used certain passages in various lines within his works.

The document examines Shakespeare’s uses of the supernatural in his plays to understand better how Shakespeare’s genius may be considered broader and that his knowledge was more in-depth than thought.

The materials include an article discussing whether Shakespeare's play King John reflects the political and diplomatic relations of the 1590s. The article compares Shakespeare's play to "The Troublesome Reign," written by an anonymous author a few years before.

Dr. Samuel A. Tannenbaum collected well over 400 article reprints and pamphlets concerning the Renaissance era as it related to Shakespeare and his contemporaries.

Dr. Samuel A. Tannenbaum collected well over 400 article reprints and pamphlets concerning the Renaissance era as it related to Shakespeare and his contemporaries.

The material includes a document discussing the subject of Astronomy as it relates to Shakespeare's era. C. G. Abbot writes it, a Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and talks about how the stars and constellations were viewed during Shakespeare's life and what people would have thought of them.

The materials include two copies of an index for the entire collection. All of the subjects are listed in alphabetical order and include the file and box numbers. There is also listed the titles of the articles and who wrote them plus a brief letter explaining the collection written by Richard E. Moore.

The document discusses how Broke's poem of Romeus and Juliet may have significantly influenced the Valentine-Sylvia plot in Shakespeare’s The Two Gentlemen of Verona and then later the play of Romeo and Juliet itself.

The article discusses the similarities between Cinthio's play Epitia and Shakespeare's Measure for Measure. It also talks about how Epitia could be the primary source for Measure for Measure.