The Age of Shakespeare eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 244 pages of information about The Age of Shakespeare.

The Age of Shakespeare eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 244 pages of information about The Age of Shakespeare.

Tennyson, Webster’s verse compared with, 20, 38, 208;
  Heywood compared with, 236, 278.

Thackeray, Dekker’s humor compared with, 106, 108.

Thames, the, 190.

Theocritus, imitated by Heywood, 214.

“Thomas of Reading, etc.,” 91.

“Three Hours After Marriage,” 82.

“Titus Andronicus,” 12.

Tourneur, Cyril (262-289), cynicism compared with Webster, 17, 60;
  verse compared with Middleton, 172, 176;
  poetic passion, 182;
  allegory, 180;
  reflective quality, 263;
  dialogue compared with Shakespeare, Webster, 263;
  shows influence of age, 268;
  verse quality, 269, 270;
  dramatic quality, 271, 272;
  revenge as theme, 273;
  master-work, 273;
  comparable only with Shakespeare, 276, 277, 280, 281, 282, 288;
  sublimity, 280;
  akin to Juvenal, Persius, 281;
  tragic style, 285;
  moral passion, 289.

“Transformed Metamorphosis, The” (Tourneur), 180, 279.

Travel, motive for drama, 242.

“Travels of Three English Brothers, The,” 242.

“Trial of Chivalry, The” (Heywood), 228, 229, 235.

“Traitor, The,” 30.

“Trick to Catch the Old One, A” (Middleton), 158, 160.

“Troilus and Cressida,” 220, 223, 277.

“Troja Britannica” (Heywood), 212.

Troy “Histories” of, 213.

Tupper, Martin, 228.

Turner, 285.

Twain, Mark, 228.

“Two Foscari, The,” 267.

“Two Gentlemen of Verona,” 155.

“Two Noble Kinsmen, The,” Shakespeare’s part in, 20.

“Tyrannic Love,” 226.

Vanini, Tourneur successor of, 266.

Vere, Sir Francis, Tourneur’s elegy on, 277.

“Venus and Adonis,” 238.

Villon, Francois, Dekker compared with, 61.

Vindice, 60.

Virgil, source for “Dido, Queen of Carthage,” 8;
  love of country, 202.

“Virgin Martyr, The” (Dekker), 88, 194.

“Volpone,” 144.

Voltaire, 199.

Watson, 141.

Webster, John (15-67), tragic imagination compared with Shakespeare,
   15, 29, 30, 58, 59, 176, 190;
  collaboration with Dekker, 19;
  with Rowley, 23, 24;
  independent of other poets, 32;
  tragic quality, 46;
  lyric quality, 51;
  metrical faults, 53, 54;
  compared with Marlowe, 58;
  with Marston, 59;
  with Middleton, 172, 182;
  foreign words, 246;
  compared with Tourneur, dialogue, 263;
  verse, 270;
  style, 276, 280;
  tragic heroes, 281.

“Westward Ho!”, 20.

“What you Will” (Marston), 127, 128, 146.

“White Devil, The” (Webster), 16, 32, 37, 40, 270.

“Whore of Babylon, The,” 168.

“Widow, The” (Middleton), 164.

“Widow’s Tears, The” (Chapman), 259.

Wilkins, George, 244.

“William Eps his death” (Dekker), 95.

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