CONTENTS

1. Preparation

2. Prologue and Opening Argument

3. Earl of Oxford

4. Early Voices (1560-1579)

Prose Writers (1574-1604)

5. Early Euphuists

6. Wits: John Lyly

7. Wits: Robert Greene

8. Wits: Thomas Lodge

9. Wits: George Peele

10. Wits: Thomas Nashe

11. Pamphleteers

Playwrights (1580-1604)

12. Miscellaneous Playwrights

13. Erroneous Attributions: Kyd, Munday

14. Contributions: Marlowe, Wilson, Jonson

15. Senecan Closet Dramatists

Poets (1580-1604)

16. Miscellaneous Poets and Storytellers

17. Narrative Poets

18. Sonneteers

19. Songwriters

20. Compilers

21. Shakespeare

22. Those Who Knew

23. Independent Writers (1547-1635)

24. Summation and Epilogue

References