Shakspere and Montaigne
Feis, Jacob
English
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SHAKSPERE AND MONTAIGNE
An Endeavour to Explain the Tendency of 'Hamlet'
from Allusions in Contemporary Works
BY JACOB FEIS
CONTENTS.
I.
INTRODUCTION
II.
THE BEGINNINGS OF THE ENGLISH DRAMA
THE STAGE A MEDIUM FOR POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS CONTROVERSIES
SHAKSPERE'S POLITICAL CREED
FLORIO'S TRANSLATION OF MONTAIGNE'S ESSAYS
III.
MONTAIGNE
IV.
HAMLET
V.
THE CONTROVERSY BETWEEN BEN JONSON AND DEKKER
MENTION OF A DISPUTE BETWEEN BEN JONSON AND SHAKSPERE
IN 'THE RETURN FROM PARNASSUS'
CHARACTERISTIC OF BEN JONSON
BEN JONSON'S HOSTILE ATTITUDE TOWARDS SHAKSPERE
DRAMATIC SKIRMISH BETWEEN BEN JONSON AND SHAKSPERE
BEN JONSON'S 'POETASTER'
DEKKER'S 'SATIROMASTIX'
VI.
'VOLPONE,' BY BEN JONSON
'EASTWARD HOE,' BY CHAPMAN, BEN JONSON, AND MARSTON
'THE MALCONTENT,' BY JOHN MARSTON
I.
INTRODUCTION.
It has always been a daring venture to attempt finding out Shakspere's
individuality, and the range of his philosophical and political ideas,
from his poetical productions. We come nearest to his feelings in his
'Sonnets;' but only a few heavy sighs, as it were, from a time of
languish in his life can be heard therefrom. All the rest of those
lyrical effusions, in spite of the zealous exertions of commentators
full of delicate sentiment and of deep thought, remain an unsolved
secret.
In his historical dramas, a political creed has been pointed out, which,
with some degree of certainty, may be held to have been his. From his
other dramas, the most varied evidence has been drawn. A perfect maze of
contradictions has been read out of them; so much so that, on this
ground, we might almost despair of trustworthy results from further
inquiry.
The wildest and most incongruous theories have been founded upon 'Hamlet'
--the drama richest in philosophical contents. Over and over again men
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