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Start of eBook	1
INTRODUCTION	1
CHAPTER I: THE BACONIAN AND ANTI-WILLIAN POSITIONS	8
CHAPTER II: THE “SILENCE” ABOUT SHAKESPEARE	17
CHAPTER III: THAT IMPOSSIBLE HE—THE SCHOOLING OF SHAKESPEARE	22
(Not much Seneca, so far!)	32
CHAPTER IV: MR. COLLINS ON SHAKESPEARE’S LEARNING	33
CHAPTER V: SHAKESPEARE, GENIUS, AND SOCIETY	39
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CHAPTER VI: THE COURTLY PLAYS: “LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST”	53
CHAPTER VII: CONTEMPORARY RECOGNITION OF WILL AS AUTHOR	58
CHAPTER VIII: “THE SILENCE OF PHILIP HENSLOWE”	67
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CHAPTER X: “THE TRADITIONAL SHAKSPERE”	82
CHAPTER XI: THE FIRST FOLIO	85
CHAPTER XII: BEN JONSON AND SHAKESPEARE	97
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CHAPTER XIII: THE PREOCCUPATIONS OF BACON	112
APPENDICES	120
APPENDIX I: “TROILUS AND CRESSIDA”	120
APPENDIX II—CHETTLE’S SUPPOSED ALLUSION TO WILL SHAKSPERE	124
Footnotes:	127
Information about Project Gutenberg (one page)	133
(Three Pages)	135

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