From the Book - 1st printed ed.
pt. 1. Shakespeare : greatness and great problems
Literary supreme, supreme literary mystery
A mess of genius : Shakepeare's early printed texts
Shakespeare problems the professor still cannot solve
The sonnets and other puzzle-poems
pt. 2. The Stratford Man as Shakespeare, Lifetime : the professor's evidence
The "Stratford Man" : the faith-based favorite
The "upstart Crow" and the Stratford Man : no relation
Upstart Crow uproar, and a few hostile witnesses
pt. 3. The Stratford Man as Shakespeare, Posthumous : the professor's evidence
A Pembroke and Jonson production
The Stratford monument : ruse and reincarnation
pt. 4. The real Stratford Man and the real Shakespeare
Portrayals of the Stratford Man in contemporary comedies (1598-1601)
The great author's portrayal of the Stratford Man
Shakespeare satirized : Willobie His Avisa (1594)
Overlooked commentary about Shakespeare by his contemporaries (1589-1614)
pt. 5. Conjectures and dares
The deliberate mix-up : the great author with the Stratford Man. Why?
"Simple truth suppress'd" : a unified solution
Dare the Shakespeare professor
Appendix A : 93 "too early" allusions to Shakespeare's plays (1562 to 1606)
Appendix B : Robert Greene's letter to his "playmaker" friends in Groats-worth of Wit (1592)
Appendix C : Henry Chettle's letter in Kind-Heart's Dream (1592)
Appendix D : Anonymous letter to the reader, Troilus and Cressida (1609)
Appendix E : Shakespeare's two poems in Love's Martyr (1601)
Appendix F : Thomas Heywood's letter in Apology for Actors (1612)
Appendix G : The first folio preface (1623), a transcription
Appendix H : Poems : Written by Wil. Shake-Speare. Gent. (1640), prefatory verses.
