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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Language

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Language

Found in 63 Collections and/or Records:

Notes on Shakespeare's Timon and Athens, 1931-1934

 File — Box 07: Series MSS020:02 [Barcode: 35138008229236], Folder: 14
Identifier: MSS020:02.66
Scope and Contents

The documents contain notes on Shakespeare’s Timon of Athens, including the possible themes find in Timon of Athens as well as analyses of the characters found within the play including Lucian and Boiardo. Also included is an address delivered by the Editor of the Shakespeare Club in regards to the Ethics of Timon of Athens.

Dates: 1931-1934

Notes on Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus, 1919-1936

 File — Box 07: Series MSS020:02 [Barcode: 35138008229236], Folder: 15
Identifier: MSS020:02.67
Scope and Contents

The documents contain notes and essays on Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus, including the language and grammar found within the play, possible sources that inspired Shakespeare, the style of text examined over the years for different versions of the play, as well as other notes.

Dates: 1919-1936

Notes on Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida, 1916-1917

 File — Box 08: Series MSS020:02 [Barcode: 35138008243765], Folder: 01
Identifier: MSS020:02.69
Scope and Contents

The documents contain notes and essays regarding Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida, including examining the different stories presented within the play, Shakespeare’s portrayals of his various characters, specifically Ajax, and a connection between Shakespeare’s tale and a similar one of Chaucer's.

Dates: 1916-1917

Notes on Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, 1938

 File — Box 08: Series MSS020:02 [Barcode: 35138008243765], Folder: 04
Identifier: MSS020:02.72
Scope and Contents The documents include notes on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, including examinations of his characters and the relationships they have with other characters and their mood throughout the play. Also included is an analysis of Schlegel"s German translation of the play, including how Shakespeare seems to express himself better in German than his native English. It also looks for a possible relationship with between the comic underplot in Twelfth Night and the Jonsonian comic method, and many...
Dates: 1938

Notes on Shakespeare's Venice, 1931-1947

 File — Box 08: Series MSS020:02 [Barcode: 35138008243765], Folder: 06
Identifier: MSS020:02.74
Scope and Contents

The documents include a review of the government and judicial system of Venice in order to ascertain how far Shakespeare seems to reflect that system in the Merchant of Venice and Othello and an examination of the financial relations between Roderigo and Iago in Othello.

Dates: 1931-1947

Notes on the life and times of William Shakespeare

 File — Box 06: Series MSS020:02 [Barcode: 35138008229228], Folder: 22
Identifier: MSS020:02.50
Scope and Contents

The documents contain notes on the life and times of William Shakespeare as well as other papers and essays written on lectures and opinions given from other scholars and authors regarding Shakespeare and all of his writings. Also included is an information booklet about the Shakespeare Club of New York City.

Dates: 1879-1947

Notes on the sources of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, 1939-1944

 File — Box 06: Series MSS020:02 [Barcode: 35138008229228], Folder: 20
Identifier: MSS020:02.48
Scope and Contents

The documents discuss various possible sources for Romeo and Juliet as well as examines restorations made to this work overtime based on the memory of theatregoers.

Dates: 1939-1944

Notes on Two Philosophical Ideas, 1937-1944

 File — Box 07: Series MSS020:02 [Barcode: 35138008229236], Folder: 16
Identifier: MSS020:02.68
Scope and Contents

The documents discuss the idea that excessive goodness is a tragic fault as it can likely cause a person to be too trusting and defenseless against attacks of evil in disguise. The documents also examine the idea that the heart is connected to thought and attempts to apply that to Shakespeare's works.

Dates: 1937-1944

Political themes in Shakespeare's later plays, 1936

 File — Box 06: Series MSS020:02 [Barcode: 35138008229228], Folder: 06
Identifier: MSS020:02.34
Scope and Contents

The document discuses political movements and advances in throughtout Elizabethan England and how they influenced Shakespeare to add certain political themes into his works to reflect the time.

Dates: 1936

Problems of Authorship, 1911-1947

 File — Box 01: Series MSS020:01 [Barcode: 35138008124692], Folder: 11
Identifier: MSS020:01.11
Scope and Contents

The material includes several documents putting into question the authorship of various papers and essays, as well as several news articles about times people have had discussions about the authorship of Shakespeare or other works. One material discusses a simple sentence written in the margins of one book and what it might mean.

Dates: 1911-1947