Intro; CONTENTS; PREFACE; A SYNOPSIS OF THE FOLLOWING ESSAY; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1. SHAKESPEARE AND THE CLASSICS; CHAPTER 2. MODERN CONTINENTAL LITERATURE; CHAPTER 3. THE ENGLISH NON-DRAMATIC POLITE LITERATURE; CHAPTER 4. THE ENGLISH DRAMA; CHAPTER 5. POPULAR LITERATURE; CHAPTER 6. THE BIBLE AND THE PRAYER BOOK; CHAPTER 7. SHAKESPEARE'S EARTH AND HEAVEN; ADDITIONAL NOTES; INDEX