Shakespeare Symphony an Introduction to the Ethics of the Elizabethan Drama 1906

1906. An analysis of Shakespeare's works in the context of the sociopolitical and literary atmosphere of his time. It has great relevance to the controversial claim that Bacon wrote Shakespeare's works. The author states: "On the one hand [this book] tends to support the claims made on behalf of Bacon and much to enlarge them, on the other [...] it reduces the subject, apparently ad absurdum.” Selected contents: London's Parnassus; The sweetness and gravity of the dramatic mind; Elizabethan audiences; Error, wit, and metaphor.Bayley, Harold is the author of 'Shakespeare Symphony an Introduction to the Ethics of the Elizabethan Drama 1906' with ISBN 9780766129818 and ISBN 0766129810.