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CHAPTER X
ENGLISH HISTORY
I. The Chronicle Play is a peculiarly English Form-Its Difference
from other Historical Dramas-Supplies the Place of the
Epic Treatment of National Annals by the Playwrights.—
II. Shakspere's Chronicles-Four Groups of non-Shak-
sperian Plays on English History.-III. Legendary Subjects
-Locrine'-" -The History of King Leir.'-IV. Shakspere's
Doubtful Plays-Principles of Criticism-'The Birth of
Merlin.'-V. Chronicle-Plays Proper-Troublesome Reign
of King John'-' True Tragedy of Richard III.'-'Famous
Victories of Henry V.'-'Contention of the Two Famous
Houses.'-VI. Edward III.'-The Problem of its Author-
ship-Based on a Novella and on History-The Superior
Development of Situations-VII. Marlowe's' Edward II.'-
Peele's Edward I.'-Heywood's 'Edward IV.'-Rowley's
Play on Henry VIII.-VIII. The Ground covered by the
Chronicle Plays-Their Utility-Heywood's 'Apology'
quoted.-IX. Biographies of Political Persons and Popular
Heroes Sir Thomas More '-'Lord Cromwell '-'Sir John
Oldcastle'-Schlegel's Opinion criticised-Sir Thomas
Wyatt'-Ford's Perkin Warbeck '-Last Plays of this
Species.-X. English Adventurers- Fair Maid of the
West''The Shirley Brothers '-'Sir Thomas Stukeley '-
His Life-Dramatised in The Famous History' &c.- Battle
of Alcazar.'-XI. Apocryphal Heroes-Fair Em'-' Blind
Beggar of Bethnal Green '-Two Plays on the Robin Hood
Legend-English Partiality for Outlaws--Life in Sherwood
George a Greene '-Jonson's' Sad Shepherd '-Popularity
in England of Princes who have shared the People's Sports
and Pastimes
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CHAPTER XI
DOMESTIC TRAGEDY
Induction to 'A Warning for Fair Women '-Peculiar Qualities
of the Domestic Tragedy-Its Realism-Its Early Popularity
-List of Plays of this Description-Their Sources.-II. Five
Plays selected for Examination-Questions of disputed
Authorship-Shakspere's suggested part in Three of these-
The different Aspects of Realism in them.-III. 'A Warning
for Fair Women '-The Story-Use of Dumb Show-Bye-
Scenes-Handling of the Prose-Tale-Critique of the Style
and Character-Drawing of this Play-Its deliberate Moral
Intention.-IV. A Yorkshire Tragedy '-The Crime of
Walter Calverley-His Character in the Drama--Demoniacal
CONTENTS
Possession.-V. 'Arden of Feversham '-Difficulty of deal-
ing with it-Its Unmitigated Horror-Fidelity to Holinshed's
Chronicle-Intense Nature of its Imaginative Realism-
Character of Arden-Character of Mosbie-A Gallery of
Scoundrels-Two Types of Murderers-Michael's Terror-
Alice Arden-Her Relation to some Women of Shakspere-
Development of her Murderous Intention-Quarrel with
Mosbie-The Crescendo of her Passion-Redeeming Points
in her Character-Incidents and Episodes.-VI. 'A Woman
Killed with Kindness '-The Gentleness of this Tragedy-
The Plot-Italian Underplot adapted to English Life-Cha-
racter of Mr. Frankford-The Scene in the Bedchamber-
Character of Mrs. Frankford-Wendoll-Question regarding
the Moral Tone of the Last Act-Religious Sentiment-VII,
Witch of Edmonton '-Its Joint-Authorship-The Story-
Female Parts-Two Plays patched together-Mother Sawyer
-The Realistic Picture of an English Witch-Humane
Treatment of Witchcraft in this Play
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CHAPTER XII
TRAGEDY OF BLOOD
The Tough Fibres of a London Audience-Craving for Strong
Sensation-Specific Note of English Melodrama-Its Lyrical
and Pathetic Relief.-II. Thomas Kyd-'Hieronymo' and
"The Spanish Tragedy '-Analysis of the Story-Stock
Ingredients of a Tragedy of Blood-The Ghost-The Villain
The Romantic Lovers-Suicide, Murder, Insanity.—III.
'Soliman and Perseda '-The Induction to this Play- The
Tragedy of Hoffmann.'-IV. Marlowe's Use of this Form-
'The Jew of Malta'-Titus Andronicus '-'Lust's Dominion'
Hamlet' and The
-Points of Resemblance between
Spanish Tragedy '-Use made by Marston, Webster, and
Tourneur of the Species-V. The Additions to 'The Spanish
Tragedy'-Did Jonson make them?-Quotation from the
Scene of Hieronymo in the Garden
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CHAPTER XIII
JOHN LYLY
I. The Publication of Euphues '-Its Two Parts-Outline of the
Story.-II. It forms a Series of Short Treatises-Love-
Conduct-Education-A Book for Women.-III. Its Popu-
larity-The Spread of Euphuism-What we Mean by that
Word.-IV. Qualities of Medieval Taste - Allegory -
Symbolism-The Bestiaries-Qualities of Early Humanism
--Scholastic Subtleties-Petrarchistic Diction-Bad Taste in
Italy -Influence of Italian Literature-The Affectation of
the Sixteenth Century-Definition of Euphuism-Illustra-
tions.-V. Lyly becomes a Courtier-His Want of Success
--The Simplicity of his Dramatic Prose-The Beauty of the
Lyrics-The Novelty of his Court-Comedies.-VI. Eight
Pieces ascribed to Lyly-Six Played before Elizabeth-The
Allegories of their Classic Fables- Endimion '-Its Critique.
-VII. Midas'-Political Allusions-Sapho and Phao'
- Elizabeth and Leicester '-Details of this Comedy.-VIII.
'Alexander and Campaspe '-Touch upon Greek Story-
Diogenes-A Dialogue on Love- The Lyrics.-IX. 'Galla-
thea-Its Relation to 'As you Like It'-'Love's Meta-
morphosis-Its Relation to Jonson-Mother Bombie'—
'The Woman in the Moon.'-X. Lyly as a Master of his
Age-Influence on Shakspere-His Inventions
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CHAPTER XIV
GREENE, PEELE, NASH, AND LODGE
I. Playwrights in Possession of the Stage before Shakspere-
The Scholar-Poets-Jonson's Comparison of Shakspere with
his Peers-The Meaning of those Lines-Analysis of the Six
Scholar-Poets.-II. Men of Fair Birth and Good Education
-The Four Subjects of this Study.-III. The Romance of
Robert Greene's Life-His Autobiographical Novels-His
Miserable Death-The Criticism of his Character-His
Associates.-IV. Greene's Quarrel with Shakspere and the
Playing Companies-His Vicissitudes as a Playwright-His
Jealousy.-V. Greene's transient Popularity-Euphuistic
Novels Specimens of his Lyrics-Facility of Lyric Verse in
England. VI. Greene's Plays betray the Novelist - None
survive from the Period before Marlowe James IV. of
Scotland'-Its Induction-The Character of Ida-' Friar
Bacon and Friar Bungay'-Florid Pedantry a Mark of
Greene's Style.-VII. Peele-Campbell's Criticism-His
Place among Contemporaries' Edward I.'-'Battle_of
Alcazar Old Wives' Tale'-Milton's Comus '. -The
Arraignment of Paris''David and Bethsabe' - Non-
Dramatic Pieces by Peele.-VIII. Thomas Nash-The
Satirist His Quarrel with Harvey-His Description of a
Bohemian Poet's Difficulties-The Isle of Dogs-His Part in
Dido, Queen of Carthage - Will Summer's Testament '—
Nash's Songs.-IX. Thomas Lodge-His Life-His Miscel-
laneous Writings- Wounds of Civil War.-X. The Relative
Value of these Four-Authors.
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I. The Life of Marlowe-Catalogue of his Works.-II. The Father
of English Dramatic Poetry-He Fixes the Romantic Type-
Adopts the Popular Dramatic Form, the Blank Verse Metre
of the Scholars-He Transfigures both Form and Metre-
His Consciousness of his Vocation.-III. The History of
Blank Verse in England-Italian Precedent -Marlowe's
Predecessors-Modern and Classical Metrical Systems—
Quantity and Accent-The Licentiate Iambic-Gascoigne's
Critique-Marlowe's Innovations in Blank Verse-Pause-
Emphasis-Rhetoric a Key to good Blank Verse-The
Variety of Marlowe's Metre.-IV. His Transfiguration of
Tragedy The Immediate Effect of his Improvements-He
marks an Epoch in the Drama.-V. Colossal Scale of
Marlowe's Works-Dramatisation of Ideals-Defect of
Humour-No Female Characters.-VI. Marlowe's Leading
Motive-The Impossible Amour-The Love of the Impossible
portrayed in the Guise-In Tamburlaine-In Faustus-In
Mortimer-Impossible Beauty-What would Marlowe have
made of Tannhäuser '?-Barabas-The Apotheosis of
Avarice.-VII. The Poet and Dramatist inseparable in
Marlowe Character of Tamburlaine.-VIII. The German
Faustiad-Its Northern Character-Psychological Analysis
in Doctor Faustus'-The Teutonic Sceptic-Forbidden
Knowledge and Power-Grim Justice-Faustus and Mephis
tophilis-Last Hour of Faustus-Autobiographical Elements
in Doctor Faustus.'-IX. The Jew of Malta '-Shylock-
Spanish Source of the Story-An Episode of Spanish Humour
-Acting Qualities of Marlowe's Plays.-X. Edward II.'-
Shakspere and Marlowe in the Chronicle-Play-Variety of
Characters-Dialogue-The Opening of this Play-Gaveston
-Edward's Last Hours.-XI. The Massacre at Paris '-Its
Unfinished or Mangled Text-Tragedy of Dido '—Hyper-
bolical Ornament-Romantic and Classic Art.-XII. Marlowe
greater as a Poet than a Dramatist-His Reputation with
Contemporaries
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