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Shakespeare's hidden life: Shakespeare at the law, 1585-1595, [by] W. Nicholas Knight

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-320)

individual biography

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index present

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Shakespeare's hidden life: Shakespeare at the law, 1585-1595

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[by] W. Nicholas Knight

THE BIOGRAPHERS AND THE LOST YEARS -- The problem in Shakespearean biography -- The biographersTHE HIDDEN LIFE FROM 1585 TO 1595 -- Shakespeare's father's success and failures -- Shakespeare's schooling and his law hand -- Court of queen's bench : Shakespeare v Lambert -- William Shakespeare of Westminster -- Shakespeare's sonnets and the language of law -- Shakespeare's early plays -- Shakespeare as noverint turned dramatistSHAKESPEARE'S AUTOGRAPH IN A LAW BOOK -- Current opinion on Shakespeare's legal background -- Scholars viewing Shakespeare as a lawyer -- The Shakespeare signature in the Folger Library -- A proof of the authenticity of the Folger signatureSHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS : MERCY AND EQUITY V LAW AND JUSTICE -- Shakespeare and the Inns of Court -- Comedy of Errors at Gray's Inn -- The Merchant of Venice -- William Shakespeare in Chancery -- William Lambarde and Shakespeare's case -- Measure for Measure and King JamesSHAKESPEARE'S LEGAL MIND -- Shakespeare at the law in later years -- Shakespeare and his daughters' trials -- Last will and testament -- Tributes to Shakespear's dramatic, poetic and, juristic mind