Shakespeare, William

The materials include a document discussing the comical device of Flyting, regarding what it is and how Shakespeare uses it throughout his plays.

The material includes various documents about Francis Bacon including, an article in Dutch about a secret society Bacon was apart of, a review of Mr. Edwin Reed's Book Bacon Versus Shakespere, and a document about Bacon's essays.

The document examines the imagery found deep within Shakespeare’s poem, Venus and Adonis, and compares other scholars' writings who have analyzed the imagery and discusses their findings.

The document discusses whether or not Garrick had a significant effect on the revival of Shakespeare's plays for the mid-eighteenth-century London stage.

The document discusses how Shakespeare overly satirizes his language and his writing for the play "As You Like It" and what that says about his criticism towards the show.

The materials include documents talking about Alexandre Hardy's life as a playwright and author and also the strange resemblance between Hardy and Shakespeare. The articles give examples of how the playwrights are similar through their plays.

The document discusses possible sources for the statue scene at the end of A Winter's tale, explaining why the statue comes to life. The potential source is named Signor Timbreo di Cardona and Finecia Leonato, the twentieth story in the Novels of Bandello, which before A Winter's Tale, inspired another Shakespeare play: Much Ado About Nothing.

The materials include a volume of "Studies in Literary Imagination" as well as two other articles that discuss the historical context behind Shakespeare's history plays and other playwright's dramas.

The materials include several documents regarding Shakespeare's character of Fallstaff, such as the significance behind the character, how he affects the play and the historical background that inspired the character.

The materials include a document that analyzes the influence that eighteenth-century Shakespearean criticism had on two later playwrights: Hazlitt and Coleridge.