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<TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>List of Illustrations</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>ix</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(2)</TD></TR><TR><TD>Preface</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>xi</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(2)</TD></TR><TR><TD>Acknowledgements</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>xiii</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>PART ONE  WHO IS SHAKESPEARE? WHAT IS HE?</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>3</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(154)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>1.  A Life of Anecdote</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>3</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(31)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>2.  Shakespeare's Autobiographical Poems?</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>34</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(31)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>3.  The Authorship Controversy</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>65</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(36)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>4.  Marlowe's Ghost</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>101</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(32)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>5.  Shakespeare's Peculiarity</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>133</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(24)</TD></TR><TR><TD>PART TWO  THE SHAKESPEARE EFFECT</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>157</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(184)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>6.  The Original Genius</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>157</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(30)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>7.  The National Poet</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>187</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(30)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>8.  All the World his Stage</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>217</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(34)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>9.  From Character to Icon</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>251</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(43)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>10.  The Laws of the Shakespearean Universe</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>294</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(47)</TD></TR><TR><TD>Notes</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>341</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(30)</TD></TR><TR><TD>Index</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>371</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE>

The Genius of Shakespeare is a new kind of biography: a biography of Shakespeare's talent and reputation, beyond the limits of his actual life. Part One explores the origins and development of his works, Part Two traces their effects on succeeding generations, and demonstrates how Shakespeare came to be regarded as the supreme dramatist

The genius of Shakespeare