AND

THE IMPERSONATIONS OF

FRANCIS BACON

BY

EDWARD GEORGE HARMAN, C.B.

LONDON

CONSTABLE AND COMPANY LTD.

The Tempest, explained in the light of this theory

The term "spirits," as used by all three writers

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CHAPTER V

SPENSER, SHAKESPEARE AND BACON (continued)

Their use of the words "simple" and "simplicity"

Their "inaccuracy"

Shakespeare's anachronisms

Bacon's" inaccuracy"

The effect on character of "imitation," Plato's view

The "impersonality" of Shakespeare

Bacon's theory of the poetic art, illustrated from—

Sidney's Apologie for Poetrie

The Advancement of Learning

The De Augmentis

An address to Lord Mountjoy.

The Arte of English Poesie

That work briefly noticed

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